LEXICAL-SEMANTIC CLASSIFICATION OF VOLITIONAL PSYCH VERBS IN UKRAINIAN, GERMAN AND ENGLISH

Abstract

The article deals with the concept and lexical-semantic classification of the volitional psych verbs on the material of modern Ukrainian, German and English. Particular attention is devoted to determining the presence of common and distinctive features in the semantics of the volitional psych verbs in the above mentioned languages. The theoretical significance of the research consists in the definition of the concept and lexical-semantic features of the volitional psych verbs as a separate lexical-semantic class in each of the research languages, which may lead to further development of the study of lexis denoting mental states.