Attributive word combinations containing adjectives with «multi-» component and the noun «approach» as a means of linguistic representation of research quantitative parameters

the article is devoted to studying linguistic representation of quantitative parameters related to scientific approaches, described in abstracts of scientific articles from transport engineering field. The purpose of the research is to reveal quantitative parameters of scientific investigations, described by attributive word combinations, consisting of compound adjectives with the «multi-» component and the noun «approach», as well as determination of compound adjectives lists, representing characteristics of every identified parameter. Scientific novelty of the work lies in the fact that language explication of the quantitative parameters of research by means of attributive word combinations, consisting of compound adjectives with the «multi-» component and the noun «approach» is considered for the first time. This study revealed 25 compound adjectives with the «multi-» component, which are included in attributive word combinations with the noun «approach», these adjectives have been distributed into groups, representing different quantitative parameters of investigations, additionally the most frequent models of studied word combinations have been described. As a result of an analysis of semantic features of attributive word combinations with the key lexeme-representatives the following quantitative parameters of investigations represented by studied word combination have been identified: the approach studying numerous aspects; the approach having numerous targets; the approach containing numerous steps; the approach encompassing numerous levels; the approach based on numerous disciplines; the approach based on numerous methods; the approach based on numerous criteria; the approach studying different scenarios; the approach studying numerous objects; the approach studying numerous materials/substances; the approach involving complex testing. The obtained research results related to discursive features of abstracts can be applied to improving university educational programs and development of course books, intended for teaching written scientific communication, including creation of scientific articles and abstracts.

transport engineering field, quantitative characteristics of research, numerical parameters of research, linguistic representation, attributive word combinations, compound adjectives, scientific abstract