T LIN 1307784 Chapter3

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Zamira Sarieva, 2015

COMPARISON OF SEMANTIC ASPECTS AND THEIR SYNTACTIC CORRELATES IN THE INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS IN ENGLISH, RUSSIAN AND UZBEK LANGUAGES

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Chapter III

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1 Method of the research

The method of the research is qualitative. The qualitative method was chosen, because of

the fact that the work deals with comparison of the date based on the structure and semantic

aspects and their syntactic correlates of the three different languages: English, Russian and

Uzbek . Specifically, the research concerns with the interrogative pronouns of these

languages.

Methodological basis and methods

Methodological basis of the research is presented as general scientific principles. They

werebased on the studies of linguistic phenomena and the relationship of structural and

semantic andcommunicative and functional aspects of language units. From general scientific

methods used in the work: structural, semantic and stylistic, transformation, methods of

comparative analysis and identification (search neutral synonym (option), the method of

component analysis (the distinction of subject and connotative meanings in the language

unit), the method of the opposition - the identification of connotative units (categories) to

establish their distinctive features (semantic, expressive, functional).

The theoretical basis of the study

The analysis of the works of a number of researchers shows that they contain the necessary

theoretical foundation for various studies, describing the achievements of different scholars

in the field of general linguistics and semantics, as well as different approaches to explain the

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Subjects taken from different spoken and written sources of internet resources (scientific

work of leading experts in the field of linguistics and English, Uzbek and Russian

languages), special textbooks (textbooks on the history of the English, Uzbek and Russian

languages), literary texts,( novels, stories) from the books on relevant theme, texts on the

relevant branches of science, of scientific articles and dictionaries.

3.2 Rationale for Qualitative Method

The purpose of qualitative research is to explain semantic and structural features of three

different languages in the example of interrogative pronouns (question words) in the

interrogative sentences. Describe participant meaning of the interrogative pronouns, their

similarity and differences in English, Russian and Uzbek languages. Specifically, this

qualitative research describes the process of understanding based on distinct methodological

traditions of comparison. The researcher builds a complex comparison of semantic and

structural features of the three different languages in the example of interrogative

pronouns.The comparison includes: grammar rules, examples and description of the specific

features of particular language. Thus, using a qualitative methodology allowed the researcher

to study the structure of three different languages and compare them with each other. There

is a number of reasons for using qualitative research to compare semantic and structural

issues. For example:

1. It captures the information, that is an essential component of the research.

2. It is able to describe the conclusions made by linguists based on their experiences.

3. This method allows to make comparison of the semantic features of the languages.

Before the data is analyzed, the researcher will make observations of the documents. The

process of observing allows the researcher to become acquainted with the data.

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In qualitative research, semantic and structural comparison is used to assist the researcher

to do the classification of datum.

For this research, data will be collected in the forms of semi-structured grammar

rules and semantic phenomena of particular semantic units, interrogative pronouns,

comparative observation, collection of information, and giving examples.

3.4 The instrument of the research

The instrument of the research is comparative observation. Observation of the semantic

phenomena and structural features of the languages. This observation will be supported by

examples.

Before the data is analyzed, the researcher will make observations of the documents. The

process of observing allows the researcher to become acquainted with the data.

3.5 Data analysis techniques

As,in my research I will make semantic comparison of three different languages in

the example of interrogative pronouns,the problems of translationwill be discussed in

this research.In my work I will use the analytical frameworks of V.G. Gak. In his works

V.G. Gak considered the typology of the languages he compared, paying a great

attention to the details of the languages. As he had mentioned: "Comparative linguistics

grew out of the need to describe languages and the necessity of their

teaching".According to V.G.Gak: "during comparing languages inevitably marked both

similarities and differences, and no fundamental difference here. To carry out the

difference between "confrontational" and "contrastive" linguistics. "(Gak, 1998: 17)

If the world is seen as a system, then its reflection in the semantic field also has a

systemic features. In today's linguistics the idea of systematic vocabulary has ingrained

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antonyms, etc. Through the efforts of the structuralists, it was determined that the

lexical meaning is a complex unit and, therefore, consists of smaller semantic elements.

On the other hand, it may be added into a semantic unit of higher level, which leads to