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Emotions associated with the feeling of love: an analysis of collocations (based on the works of A.P. Chekhov)

Eleston-Biron Alexander Vladimirovich

Ph. D. of Philology, Lecturer at the Faculty of Philology, Ural Humanitari-an Institute, UrFU, Russia, Yekaterinburg, eleston@mail.ru

Abstract

The paper presents an analysis of collocations with the key verb “to love” in a spe-cially highlighted concordance in the works of A.P. Chekhov. The concordance is formed taking into account the meaning of the verb, as referring to the feeling of love between a man and a woman. It is revealed that in a vast majority of cases the author uses this key lexeme in a situation of direct communication, reproducing a verbal declaration of love. It has been established that the emotions frequently asso-ciated with the feeling of love are emotions of passion, madness, rage, despair, act-ing as expressive intensifiers. A stable relationship between lexical collocations and context, which is of a colligative nature, has been found.

Keywords

the feeling of love; conjugated emotions; emotive vocabulary; collocation method; A.P. Chekhov.

For citing: Eleston-Biron A.V. (2025) Emotions associated with the feeling of love: an analysis of collocations (based on the works of A.P. Chekhov). Human being: Image and essence. Humanitarian aspects. Moscow. INION RAN.Vol. 2 (62). pp. 109-120. DOI: 10.31249/chel/2025.02.06

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