Semantic redundancy and synonymy as characteristic features of non-standard verbal vocabulary

the thematic groups of colloquial verbs differ significantly in terms of content from similar groups in the standard language. In the latter case synonymy is possible rather as an exception but not as a rule. In the non-standard domain the asymmetry of signification results in semantic redundancy of non-standard verbs. This redundancy at the level of speech realization is removed due to the textual connections of the word and consituation. In speech situations such features of colloquial units as stylistic simplification, negative /positive assessment and familiar (pejorative, vulgar, etc.) expression are also manifested. The most numerous of the colloquial units are inherent in the most extensive thematic groups, the quantitative composition of which indicates the importance of these concepts for native speakers. The linguistic units of the vernacular vocabulary differ not so much in semantic shades of meaning as in the degree of expressiveness and imagery, thus the speaker refers to the vernacular vocabulary as the most expressive compared to the standard one. Numerous synonymic series indicate that lexical synonymy in the vernacular language is its characteristic phenomenon and constitutes one of its specific features.

literary standard, non-standard verbs, colloquial units, semantic redundancy, stylistic simplification, expressiveness