Medvedovska N. The development of the abstract vocabulary in Early New High German language (on the basis of the polemical Reformation texts)

The Object are quantitative and qualitative changes which have taken place in German abstract lexicon in first half 16-th centuries. It was spent complex analysis of 1050 lexical units and about 3000 separate values. The aims of research are : 1) the method of privative and gradual oppositions is practically applied for identification of abstract lexicon and definition of the abstraction degree; 2) the system of classification of abstract lexicon on a basis of the 8-leveled semantic scale is offered; 3) the level of abstraction in diachrony for separate lexical sets of neologisms of Reformation period, values of the most widespread polysemantic abstract concepts and lexico-semantic system of Early New High German language as a whole is determined; 4) analysed linguistic and extralinguistic factors of process of enrichment of German abstract lexicon in first half 16-th centuries, the main role of individual language creativity of Reformers is determined; 5) The analysis of the usage abstract nouns in texts 1520-1525 is carried out frequency; 6) described the basic word building models and processes of a semantic derivation which promoted development of abstract lexicon, their rate is determined, the interrelation of morphological and semantic means of production of new abstract concepts is analysed; 7) the key role of Early New High German period in formation of the modern dictionary of abstract lexicon of German language is determined.