Petryshyn M. The semantic field of adjectives of size in the Old Greek language (on the material of Homer epos).

The thesis is devoted to the analysis of the semantic field of adjectives with the meaning of size in Homer epos as a separate fragment of the Old Greek language's world linguistic picture. The thesis determines the place of such adjectives in the world linguistic picture and the inner structure of their semantic field in the Old Greek language. It describes frequency characteristics and gives a general idea of adjectives combinability on the level of a separate word. The thesis defines syntagmatic bonds for the adjectives under study and lexical semantic peculiarities of parametric adjectives. The thesis reveals relations between sememes within the field and with other fragments of the world linguistic picture. It analyzes structural grammatical peculiarities and derivational power of lexemes denoting size, clears out their stylistic functions and expressive depicting potential.