The Semantic Characteristics of Verbs Denoting Direction and Location in English and Azerbaijani Languages

Abstract

The article is devoted to a comparative analysis of the semantic features of verbs denoting direction and location in the English and Azerbaijani languages. The study demonstrates that, in English, spatial and directional semantics are predominantly conveyed through phrasal verb constructions and lexical means, such as go up, come in, and move out. In the Azerbaijani language, spatial and directional relations are predominantly expressed through morphological means (derivational and inflectional suffixes attached to the verbal stem), as well as through lexical items denoting direction, such as yuxarı (up), aşağı (down), içəri (inside), and others. In both languages under consideration, motion verbs semantically encode the subject’s dynamically changing spatial position, as well as the resultant phase or endpoint of the action. The primary objective of the article is to systematize the semantic organization of spatial-directional verbs in English and Azerbaijani, to establish their functional models, and, on this basis, to conduct a typological analysis of interlingual differences and correspondences between the two languages. Keywords: spatial and directional verbs, semantic features, comparative linguistics, typological analysis, functional modeling