Polysemy of derivative adjectives in the Even language

Stepanida N. Savvinova
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Stepanida N. Savvinova: Institute for Humanities Research and Problems of the Small Peoples of the North, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Russian Social and Humanitarian Studies, 2026, vol. 18, issue 2, 171-180

Abstract: Background. This paper examines the polysemy of adjectives in the Even language. The relevance of this topic stems from the need to describe and study this endangered language in general, and in particular, the lack of linguistic studies on polysemy in Even linguistics. Purpose. The aim of this paper is to provide a linguistic description of polysemantic adjectives in the Even language. To achieve this goal, the following tasks are proposed: identifying polysemantic adjectives, systematizing, analyzing, and summarizing the results. Materials and methods. The Even-Russian Dictionary by V.A. Robbek and M.E. Robbek served as the research material. This dictionary, which contains over 14,000 words, is currently the single most comprehensive collection of vocabulary in the modern Even literary and colloquial language. The object of this study is the polysemantic adjectives of the Even language. Linguistic methods were used to study part-of-speech polysemantics: descriptive, which utilizes a number of techniques of linguistic observation, systematization, and classification, as well as comparative and statistical research methods. Results. The study identified polysemantic adjectives recorded in the Even-Russian Dictionary. Polysemantic derivative adjectives are examined from various perspectives. An examination of the derivational part from the perspective of part-of-speech affiliation revealed that in the Even language, the basis for derivative adjectives is verbs, nouns, adjectives, and adverbs. When classifying polysemy by the method of development, we considered such types as developed polysemy, reflected polysemy and increased polysemy.

Keywords: Even language; polysemy; adjective; types of polysemy; part-of-speech affiliation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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DOI: 10.12731/3033-5981-2026-18-2-548

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