Russian Gradual Constructions with Nouns (According to Web Corpora)

In the majority of languages, graduality is usually represented by comparative and superlative forms used with an adjective, however, there are more options to display the phenomenon. In the following review the gradual constructions with nouns in Russian language are discussed. Current research focuses on different representations of these constructions and analyzes the main lemmas and their meaning found on Web corpora. For analysis were chosen two corpora, which consist of data from blogs and posts on the Internet: General Internet Corpus of The Russian Language, Araneum Russicum III Minus. The first chapter introduces various linguistic researches based on the theme of graduality in general, while in the second one attention is emphasized on the constructions with nouns. The third chapter consists of data analysis. Gradual constructions with nouns are compared and analyzed by their meaning (parametric, evaluative, other) and frequency of use. In the conclusion, the main points and ideas are summarized, and the main semantic groups are identified.