VERBAL-NOMINAL COMBINATIONS WITH COMPONENT DELAT’ IN RUSSIAN OFFICIAL SPEECH OF THE XIV-XVIII CENTURIES: ON THE PROBLEM OF PHRASEOLOGIZATION OF LINGUISTIC UNITS

Abstract

This article is devoted to a comprehensive study of the process of phraseologization (stabilization) of verbal-nominal collocations with the component delat’ in Russian business writing of the XIV-XVIII centuries. Special attention is paid to the study of the mechanisms of transformation of free combinations into stable units based on the material of business texts that have been created for a long time. The study proves that phraseological units with zero idiomaticity appear as a result of phraseologization of free combinations, and the process of stabilizing verbal-nominal collocations is considered in more detail. It has been established that the verb delat’ has been used in business texts since the 14th century and in the early period forms stable combinations (delodelat’ / delat’ lelo, goroddelat’/ delat’ gorod, zemliudelat’ / delat’ zemliu), which are fixed in dictionaries and reflect typical situations (work, construction, land cultivation), and in the 17th century combination delat’ nedruzhbu was also stable. It is noted that on the basis of some stable phrases, complex nouns have arisen (zemledelets, gorododelets). In the 18th century, despite the increase in the number of uses of combinations with the verb delat’ and the expansion of genre diversity, none of them is fixed in dictionaries as stable, which is associated with the active search for new nominations for changing business situations. The conclusions emphasize that phraseologization of free phrases takes time and can lead to the appearance of units with zero idiomaticity, the meaning of which is derived from the values of the components.