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To summarize globalization continues to influence our world, language
interaction will remain an important characteristic of linguistic landscapes.
Technological improvements, more mobility, and evolving sociopolitical factors will
all have an impact on language contact patterns. Artificial intelligence and machine
learning advancements may have an impact on language contact via breakthroughs in
translation technology, language learning platforms, and cross-linguistic
communication tools.Language contact in the context of globalization is a complex and
dynamic phenomena with far-reaching repercussions. It has an impact on language
variation, identity negotiations, language policy, and intercultural communication.
Recognizing the problems and potential of language contact can help us promote
linguistic diversity, preserve minority languages, and develop inclusive and respectful
language practices in our linked world.
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Journal of
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51.1 (2024): 80-94.
5.
Н
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А
Мухамедова
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The problem of expression non-categorical statements in linguistic
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МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫЙ
ЖУРНАЛ
ИСКУССТВО
СЛОВА
, 2020
SEMANTICS OF PROBABILITY AND POSSIBILITY
IN ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN
Jumanazarova
O‘g‘
iloy,
Jumanazarova Zebiniso,
students of Uzbek State World Languages University,
Scientific advisor: Mukhamedova N.A
Abstract
This article investigates the semantics of probability and possibility in both English and
Russian languages, aiming to uncover the similarities and differences in how these concepts are
expressed and interpreted across linguistic and cultural contexts. Drawing from the fields of
semantics, pragmatics, and cross-linguistic analysis, the study examines the linguistic mechanisms
employed to convey degrees of certainty and uncertainty in English and Russian. Through a
comparative analysis of lexical items, grammatical constructions, and discourse strategies, the
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article elucidates the semantic nuances and pragmatic implications associated with expressions of
probability and possibility in each language. Furthermore, it explores the cultural and cognitive
factors that shape speakers
’
conceptualizations of uncertainty and their linguistic manifestations. By
providing insights into the semantic structures and communicative functions of expressions of
probability and possibility, this research contributes to our understanding of how language reflects
and influences speakers
’
perceptions of uncertainty, probability, and possibility in diverse linguistic
and cultural contexts.
Keywords:
Semantics,
probability, possibility, cultural contexts, cognitive factors.
The studies of native and foreign philosophers, psychologists and linguists
confirm that the basis on which the diversity of languages is built is formed by the
categories of thought, which were singled out by I. Kant as categories of reason.
Although in different languages different means of expression can be used to express
the categories of thought, these categories are universal mental phenomena appearing
in the sphere of cognition.
Lee Wharf noted that many thought categories have their analogs in the sensual
perception of the world, so the meaning of linguistic expressions correlate with human
experience and orient these meanings to the experience demonstrated intersubjectively.
This makes the content of the meaning of thought categories a unique starting point for
the study of the problem of mapping cognitive processes in both substantive and
formal-linguistic plans of various communication situations.
One of such universal categories is probability. The problem of expressing
probability by means of verbal communication raises a number of important questions,
first of all, philosophical in nature. The term “probability” has several meanings and is
applied in various situations. Probability has a direct relation:
- to epistemological questions (e.g., are there statements about facts that can be
considered absolutely probable?);
- to teleological questions (e.g., if our knowledge is probable, is this probability
provided by revelation from above, or is it in principle no different from probability of
the kind, for example, such as the probability of information about the back side of the
moon);
- to ethical problems (does it make sense to regard certain actions as probably right and
their results as probably useful; should we choose in our actions the most probable
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alternative, the most useful or the alternative, the product of the probability of
realization of which by its usefulness has the maximum value?);
- to metaphysical and ontological arguments.
Of all the interpretations of probability, already developed and being developed by
modern scientists, the newest and most radical is its interpretation by S. Toulmin. He
convincingly proved that one of the meanings of the expression “probably S” is the
fo
llowing: “Do not accuse me of lying if S turns out to be a lie”.
As N.D. Arutyunova writes, “Man is not omniscient. He cannot always make
true judgments”. Therefore, he makes assumptions and guesses [Arutyunova, 1999:
830]. For this purpose in natural languages there is a lot of expressions, words and
word combinations expressing probability; among them in Russian and English
languages the word
вероятность
and a number of words and expressions close to them
stand out. In general, the word probability and its synonyms in English and Russian
languages are rather vague in meaning. In Russian these are, first of all, the words
plausibility and credibility; in English they correspond to the nouns
прилагательные
вероятный
,
правдопо¬добный
,
достоверный
(probable, likely, plausible).
Similarly, these nouns and adjectives can denote everything that is not fully
certain and can serve to denote the most favorable alternative.
Those and others in statements can denote the degree of confirmed truth and the degree
of confidence of the speaker in the truth of the statement (the degree of truth, confirmed
on the basis of available facts and the degree of truth, established on the basis of some
evidence). Therefore, it is necessary to distinguish between probability judgments and
probable judgments (evaluative interpretation of judgments). In the present study we
will further discuss statements expressing probability as incomplete confirmation of
truth. We denote these statements as non-categorical (NC). The analysis of English and
Russian linguistic texts allows us to unite the statements in which the modal operator
of possibility (probability) is represented into one general class - non-categorical
statements.
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Since these units arise as a result of reflection and contain opinions, opinions,
assumptions, O.A. Aleksandrova combines words and expressions used in them into
the general category of deliberativity. Deliberativity is expressed by such words as
perhaps,
sometimes, somewhat, in gen¬eral, in a sense, it seems, let us say, on the
whole, so to speak [Aleksandrova, 1984]. The meaning of non-categoricality of the
asserted can be expressed only in syntactic constructions, lexical-phraseological and
structural-grammatical constituents of which are united into a single whole insofar as
they express the result of evaluating the reported. The inclusion of one of the words or
expressions of this category as a (subjective-modal) operator in the construction of an
utterance can be accompanied by the activation of the grammatical form of the
utterance.
The activation of the form occurs either due to the violation of its monolithic
nature (by insertion), or in the case of inclusion, which leads to the complication of the
member composition. Activation of the form of an utterance, represented by various
formal indicators of subjunctive modality, leads to changes in the content of the
corresponding statements. Statements of scientific texts expressing non-categorical
judgments can be formally and structurally subdivided into two subclasses:
1.
Statements with a modus placed beyond the boundaries of propositional
content, for example:
“It seems odd not to be able to say
that a word-
form, for example, may be a sign ”.
2.
Statements with modus included in the boundaries of propositional content
of the propositional content, e.g.:
“
Experiments have shown that the CMs used by authors to frame problems and
dilemmas can have a pro found impact on readers
’
thought patterns ”
A special subgroup consists of statements in which the meaning of non-categoric
is expressed by the verb predicate, in the meaning of which the subject semantics is
expressed fused with the evaluative semantics, for example:
“
... the experimental
“logic” associated with the source domain of the
metaphors tends
to be preserved in the way the metaphor frames the target domain un
der discussion”
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Structural-semantic differences between non-categorical utterances that include
means of expressing the result of evaluating the reported thing according to the degree
of its truth may consist in:
- in how detailed the verbal denotation of non-categoricality is. Let us compare, for
example:
“On the other hand, frequent falsification
may result in negative ef
fect”
and
“
So, it
seems that activities that raise learner
’
s awareness of CM as well as activities that
simply resuscitate the literal origin of figurative lexis can at least occasionally be
beneficial for (aspects of)
reading comprehension”.
The second statement differs from the first one by excessive means of expressing
non-categoricality, which testifies to its extreme caution.
Differences between pairs of statements, one of which contains a marker of
probabilistic evaluation, and the other - not, can affect the differentiation of events and
facts, for example:
“
Firstly, we may hypothesize that presenting elements of the L 2 as motivated can
help
learners reach a deeper understanding of these elements ...”;
“
Having students categorize figuratively used words or expressions ... is believed to
facilitate retention
...”
The prepositional content of categorical statements is a report of a fact, while that
of non-categorical statements is a report of an event that could or might take place.
Differences between probabilistic judgments can consist in how close or far, in the
author
’
s opinion, the asserted by him from the true state of affairs, for example:
“
In
ту
approach, cultural scenarios are defined as schematizations of social
actiona and events”;
“
Apparently the capacity for human language phonology was
emerg
ing”
Statement (2) is perceived as more categorical than statement (1).
The data obtained concerning the structural-semantic characteristics of non-categorical
utterances confirm the idea of constructive transformations as a source of meaning
differentiation. Let us give an example:
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Thus, to a greater extent that has been true of other approaches, CL- inspired
pedagogy has been conceived to help learners ...” Thus, CL
-inspired pedagogy has
been conceived to help learners.
The conducted test for the omission of the insertion element
to a greater extent that
has
been
true
of
other
approaches allows us to confirm that the presence/absence of
constituents with modal meanings depends not on the structural completeness of the
utterance, but on the interpretation of its meaning, i.e. the meaning of the whole
utterance changes when modal constituents of constructions are re-duplicated.
According to S. Toulmin, the purpose of words denoting probability as a
measure or degree of confirmation of truth (probability, reliability, plausibility of what
is reported) is to serve as means of marking (markers) in statements
modal operator.
When we express a given judgment directly, we rely categorically on its truth.
By introducing an appropriate marker in the sentence, we move away from
categoricality. Thus, by stating that something is probable (unlikely or improbable),
we assert that we have knowledge that
probabilizes
this judgment (is the basis of the
probability judgment). In complex sentences, the probabilistic meaning (i.e. non-
categoricality) is conveyed by the main sentence, while the adjectival sentence
expresses the proposition, the propositional content of the statement.
Probability can be a criterion of emotional-rational evaluation in statements of
different types: affirmative, interrogative and negative. The propositional content of
such statements can be some object, event or state of affairs.
The semantic category of probability expressed at the text level corresponds to the
semantic category of
probablization
. The meaning of the category of
probablication
can be considered on the example of generalization of the usual probabilistic
connection of two events.
The relation of
probablization
can be formalized: it is possible to identify in it
the property of gradability, with the help of which different degrees of
probablization
can be fixed in a statement: probable, very probable, just probable, more probable than
improbable and quite probable. The value of
probablization
is expressed by the
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estimations of the probability measure, determined by the authors on the basis of the
calculation of possible alternatives. Here are examples of probabilistic statements in
scientific texts in English:
“The Latin at
seems to be a
very close equivalent of the Russian a ...”
;
“
Obviously, each language has some additional lexical means, which allow
expressing the meaning corresponding to different uses of a... ”
“The closest Russian correspondence of juxtaposition
would be rather so-
polozenie ”;
“These properties
can be represented as follows ...
”
;
“
It may also mean:
‘
the father and mother of this person have different and, in a sense,
opposite professions:
“Hence, the prefix po
- is in a certain sense
quantificational...”
and in Russian:
“Особую привлекательность для лингвиста представляют, как мне
кажется,
альтернативные способы описания одного и того же, именно по
-
тому, что они возвращают нас к онтологически тождественным реалиям ...”
“По отношению к процессам номинации нам представляется особенно
уместным использовать такое представление об осмыслении мира, которое
можно охарактеризовать
как его конструирование”;
“Сборка концептов в концептуальные структуры, предваряющая создание
языкового знака, может быть
весьма разной по своему характеру;
“Возможно,
именно поэтому рунет отличается от других национальных
сегментов интернета высоким процентом инвективной лексики ... ”;
“По
-
видимому,
это связано с тем, что игровая функция языка —
его
имманентная сущность ...”
Given statements in which probability degree markers are placed
obviously, in a
certain sense, can, seem, may, would be rather,
по
-
видимому
,
возможно
,
может
быть
,
кажется
like statements without them, express a fact or an event by their
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propositional content. This is easily confirmed by the transformation of the omission
of the corresponding marker:
“The aspectual differences between these verbs reflect,
in a certain way, that EC
nouns have some kind of limits” The aspectual differences between these verbs reflect
that EC nouns have some kind of limits;
“Как правило,
“воздействие”
идет от Т
-
класса имени к компонентам
толкования глагола, каку плыть или разбить ” “воздействие”
идет от Т
-
класса
имени к компонентам толкования глагола, как у плыть или разбить.
But between a probabilistic utterance and an utterance without this operator there is a
significant difference in the thought itself, in the way of expressing the thought
(epistemic aspect), and in the manner of the speaker, in his speech tactics (pragmatic
aspect).
The epistemic purpose of probabilistic statements is realized, for example, in such
cases:
“Не
argued that intentionality is (in general) the result of embedding under an
attitude verb like try”;
a)
“Мы исходим, из того, что толкование не обязано (поскольку, скорее всего, и
не может)
быть исчерпывающим”
—
в данных примерах выражается мысль о
том, что содержание обсуждаемых понятий не имеет четко очерченных границ;
б
)
“
It is surely desirable to be able to say
that derivation operates on form ...”
;
“Вероятней всего,
вопрос о культуре речи во многом
определяется дей
-
ствующими в данном обществе социокультурными условиями ...”
In this case, the speaker is not sure that what he asserts takes place in all conditions.
The information reported by him should be perceived as reliable, but cannot be
regarded as absolute truth. Let
’
s consider a couple more examples:
а
)
“On the other hand, frequent falsification
may result in negative ef
fect” —
в
данном
случае
говорящий
полагает
,
что
между
описываемыми
явлениями
имеется
какая
-
то
связь
(
либо
временная
,
либо
каузальная
);
б)
”Многие
из подобных названий чаще всего
отражали идеологическую
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обстановку в стране или в конкретном регионе”
;
“Direct objects are less uniform in their clustering of properties,
probably because
in some respects they are very similar to subjects ...”
;
“Не так очевидно,
почему не употребляются наречия, обозначающие
интервал. Возможно
,
они
относятся
к
границе
Е
и
R
”
In these cases, the speaker assumes that there is a weak causal relationship between
the objects being described.
Some probabilistic statements do not explicate but implicate non-categoricality:
“In our paper we will refine the semantic description of the conjunction and
try to
propose an explanation
of two interrelated facts ...”;
“The meanings of (17) and (18) are
considerably different
” ;
“Точное описание объекта не предполагает обязательным образом
его
детализированного, дробного представления”;
“Проекцию образа на действительность (Л. Витгенштейн) следовало бы
определить как предпонимание ...”
;
“И наконец, едва ли не
самая большая трудность в анализе ЧР —
определение
их концептуальных основ ...”
In such a case, when the speaker is certain that he/she is reporting true-false
information, the use of the possibility/validity marker of the reported information is
excluded and the utterance is interpreted as categorical:
“Summarizing is a common strategy in reading, writing and talking, both within
our second/foreign language classrooms and without”;
“Квантификационный
,
или
количественный
аспект
референции
СГ
и
выражаемых
ими
пропозиций
имеет
две
стороны”
in this case, the statements
assert that the described phenomena actually take place - regardless of any
circumstances.
The pragmatic purpose of words and expressions expressing the meaning of the
modal operator of probability is that they give the speaker
’
s actions the character of
caution, prudence or uncertainty in the truth of what is said:
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“We also
wish to avoid
the problem of conceptualizing word formation”;
-
“Высказывается мнение,
что подобные полушутливые издевательства над
английским языком —
это “способ борьбы с американизацией в Сети ...”
The use of the modal operator in such cases, when the speaker/writer wishes to absolve
himself of responsibility for the truth of his statements, can be regarded as a special
speech strategy/tactic. In ordinary colloquial dialogic speech, this tactic can be
expressed as follows explicitly - by referring to the unpredictable* nature of the
development of events (“do not judge me if you assumed that events would develop
according to another scenario, I did not want to deceive you”).
The speaker/writer, using this tactic, can also reason in this way: “... if I hadn’
t
said it wasn
’
t the truth in the last instance (or if I hadn
’
t said that it happened
inadvertently, suddenly), I would have given a reason for condemnation, but after all,
I warned ...”.
Comparing the examples extracted from scientific texts with the examples of
non-categorical statements appearing in the texts of fiction allows us to note the
following. The author of a scientific text uses
The author of a scientific text uses the corresponding marker of the modal operator in
the case when he characterizes the subject on the basis of probabilistic knowledge
obtained by him personally (including new knowledge), or eliminates the assertion of
the truth of this knowledge:
“So, it
seems that activities that raise learner
’
s awareness of CM as well as activities
that simply resuscitate the literal origin of figurative lexis can at least occasionally be
beneficial for (aspects of)
reading comprehension”:
“Finally, it
may be neutral and carry plain information about the professions- of the
person
‘s parents ” ;
“The difference between the conjunctions a
-and no can be formulated in-a more
general way”;
“В Мельчук 1974: 134 говорится: “актанты ситуации задаются ... толкованием
соответствующего слова”
;
точнее было бы сказать,
что они задаются
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толкованием”
;
“Как правило,
“воздействие”
идет’
от Т
-
класса имени к компонентам
толкования глагола, каку плыть или разбить”
.
“В’принципе можно было бы
говорить и здесь о разных направлениях в
истолковании ЧР ...”
;
“Отсюда, и довольно неожиданный вывода о том, что онтологические
моменты “сами по себе недостаточны ...”
In the text of a work of fiction, probability markers* occur much more frequently, but
they are mainly used for pragmatic purposes, including as references to characters
’
words, author
’
s comments^ means of modal-expressive evaluation:
“But this Myra
seems to be a sensible, level-
headed girl ...”;
“There was
a kind of power in such- ugliness, Hood thought, but the man turned
on his heels and was gone ...”
;
“В отношении меня этот прием наделен, пожалуй,
глубоким смыслом”
;
“Сюда, по предположению Марка и по словам разведчиков,
движется
основная сила немецких ударных войск”
.
Categoricality of the author/character means that he/she is sure that the event,
about which he/she reports, really1 takes place: non-categoricality means either lack
of certainty or evasion from characterization of the reported in terms of its truth. Such
evasion can lead to an incorrect interpretation of the meaning, which, in turn, can be
both undesirable and desirable for the speaker/writer. In a literary text, the basis for
explication/indirect indication or implication of the category of probability is cognitive
knowledge, personal or collective experience of the author/characters. These factors
influence the formation of opinion. In a scientific text, the truth of the statement is
expressed after its establishment, i.e. as a result of a preliminary analytical procedure
of evaluating what is supposed to be reported in an article, monograph or report as
knowledge. Probability in a scientific text can act as one of the forms of knowledge,
and as an expression of opinion. In scientific speech, the attempt to relieve oneself of
responsibility for possible failures in the interpretation of the meaning of the recipient
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of the message is inappropriate if he was first given reliable empirical evidence of the
truth of the reported (factuality). In such a case, markers of non-categoricality are also
inappropriate.
Thus, the logical-philosophical concept of probability as a universal graded
category of thinking (category of reason) in language corresponds to the logical-sense
epistemic (epistemological) modality. Participants of communication are guided by the
concept of probability when making statements in different situations - both in oral
everyday speech and in written language - scientific and artistic. In ordinary and
scientific real-life communication, probabilistic statements can be based both on
empirical knowledge and on the logic and experience of scientific research. In a
scientific text, a judgment about probability is made on the basis of researched facts,
on the study of objective reality, and a probabilistic (non-categorical) judgment is made
in the absence of the speaker
’
s/writer
’
s confidence in the truth of what is being said. In
the semantic model of a probabilistic statement, epistemological modality is expressed
by the modal operator, which in statements corresponds to morphological, lexical and
lexical-phraseological units of both languages being compared, which are united
according to the principle of functional-
semantic field as “true”, “probable”, “reliable”,
“provable”, “refutable”.
The extra-linguistic factor determining the use of lexical and structural-
grammatical units to express the category of probability in a statement is the motive
(desire) of the author to confirm his authorship, to express the evaluation of the reported
information and to influence the acceptance and interpretation of the reported
information. In English-language utterances for this purpose, various modifiers, modal
and propositional verbs, syntactic constructions and other means that formalize
reasoning are introduced. These are separate words and phrases expressing opinion,
reflection, doubt and assumption, knowledge and ignorance, factual and general
axiological evaluation: seemingly, maybe, it appears, it looks as if, in a way, etc. The
same can be observed in Russian. The same can be observed in the Russian-language
text:
кажется
,
представляется
,
вероятно
,
несомненно
,
в
каком
-
то
смысле
,
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можно
считать
,
в
некотором
смысле
O.V. Aleksandrova includes such units in the
general category of deliberativity and considers them within the framework of the
theory of expressive syntax [Aleksandrova,;1984]. -
The speaker
’
s confidence in the truth of what is being expressed determines the
design of the statement about the properties of the denotation as an established fact.
The measure, or the degree of conformity of statements about the properties of the
denotate to the facts in the language is expressed by the category of modality.
Statements about facts characterized by the presence of semantic features expressing
the truth of a judgment are categorical. The markers of the modal meaning of
probability signal the insufficiency of grounds for a categorical statement. Thus, non-
categoricality is “closely related to the modal values expressing the truth of a
judgment” [Arutyunova,
;1999]. The labeling of one of the modal values - the value of
probability - ensures the adequacy of the judgment about the properties of the denotate
to the probabilistic representation (knowledge) about it of the speaker. In the Russian
Academic Grammar under the rubric of subjective modality the means of expressing
the meaning of probability are combined with semantic operators signaling the half-
ness or uncertainty of the existing phenomenon.
The basis for their unification was
their ability to enter as means of semantic modification. The categorical meaning of
probability corresponds to a semantic operator represented in both compared
languages by units of different levels and complexity. The meaning of probability at the
lexical lexical level is expressed, for example, by modal verbs:
“They reported
they felt the author was against giving prolonged state subsides,
since bailing out a
boat can only be
a temporary solution ...”;
adverbs:
“
Perhaps a
few are innate while others are emergent”
According to D. Taggi, the expression of probabilistic meanings can be related to
the vagueness or schematization of the signified referents. This author, refers to the
semantic proximity of concepts and words
probability, ambiguity
и
vagueness.
Consequently, these expressions contribute to the weakening of categoricality, or
contain implicit non-categoricality.
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CHALLENGES IN TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND POSSIBLE
WAYS OF OVERCOMING THESE OBSTACLES
Juraqulova Risqida,
student
Uzbek State World Languages University
Musaffo Omonova,
Math Teacher of Harmony Public Schools, Texas
Abstract
Teaching foreign languages to non-native students can present various challenges. This
article delves into the obstacles that may arise in such situations, including linguistic barriers,
cultural differences, limited exposure outside the classroom, lack of motivation, and difficulties in
assessing progress. These factors can impede the effectiveness of foreign language instruction and
impact learners
’
overall language proficiency.
To address these challenges, this article explores
potential solutions and best practices. These include implementing learner-centered approaches that
focus on communicative competence, incorporating cultural context into language instruction,
providing ample opportunities for language practice and exposure, and utilizing effective assessment
methods that measure both linguistic and communicative skills. Overcoming these challenges is
essential for improving language acquisition outcomes and fostering global communication. By
implementing effective strategies and best practices, educators can help non-native students achieve
their foreign language learning goals and become proficient communicators in multiple languages.
Key words:
linguistic barrier, cultural diversity, limited exposure, lack of motivation,
assessing progress, learner-centered approach, language practice, effective assessment.
