Отношения между членами языковых корреляций
The Interaction between the Members of Linguistic Correlation

Summary/Abstract: If we have a tertium comparationis X, the marked member of a linguistic correlation always expresses a feature A expressing in this way X.A. On the contrary, the unmarked one has two meanings: in a situation of an opposition between the entities participating in the correlation it expresses X.A', i.e. a hyperonymic meaning, and in a situation of a neutralization it expresses X, i.e. a generic meaning. Nevertheless the two semantic values of the unmarked member of a correlation are only its subvalues and it preserves the unity of its system conditioned meaning. So the marked member is of system-creating nature while the nature of the unmarked one is system-provoked - it acquires its semantic feature when in opposition and it loses it in case of neutralization in which, because of the lack of the marked member’s interaction, the system comes to be reduced in regard with the opposition concerned.

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