Author: Melikova, Elnora Shukhratovna

Annotation: The study of words and relationships between them are actual issues for all times and researched by several well-known linguistists. Problem of language and speech is one of the most studied topics among philologists all over the world. Prague structural linguistic circle established solid definition and identified two types of relations among words: paradigmatic and syntagmatic. According to researchers, each word in a language has some relations with the other word, its which can be substituted with it, and this relationship is called paradigmatic relationship. Paradigmatic analysis involves comparing and contrasting each of the signifiers present in the text with absent signifiers, which in similar circumstances might have been chosen, and considering the significance of the choices made. In order to explore paradigmatic relations between words, computation test can be used. As a result, the words which in absentia are identified. The choice of substitution is based on several factors.

Keywords: paradigmatic relations, syntagmatic relations, associative relations, paradigm, syntagm, paradigmatic analysis, computation test, absences, signifier, signified, substitution.

Pages in journal: 994 - 1001