Linguistic research methods

COMPONENT ANALYSIS

It is a method for studying the content aspect of the significant functions of the language system. A technique was developed within the framework of structural semantic analysis.
The component method of linguistic analysis is aimed at decomposing a meaning into minimal semantic elements. This technique is considered one of the universal in linguistics. Linguistic scientists use it quite widely in scientific work.
One of the hypotheses of the method is the assumption that the meaning of each linguistic unit (including words) contains a set of components. Using the technique allows you to:

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   Define a limited set of components through which you can describe the meaning of a large number of words.
   
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   Show lexical material in the form of systems built according to a specific semantic feature.
   

It is advisable to apply this method in the course of identifying semantic universals, which must be taken into account in automatic translation. The technique is based on the idea of ​​the fundamental separability of the semantic content of each word. It allows you to analyze the lexical meaning in the form of a structural set of ordered elements of different semantic types.