Syntactic relations – values – functions

Abstract

A new interpretation is given to the most complex theoretical problem – the relation of concepts relation – value – function. The relations in language are the relations reflected by thinking between the linguistic meanings, which in turn reflect the ‟substances” of reality comprehended by the mind. The term-concept of relation in linguistics includes a potential or already defined linguistic form of expression of the relation – the linguistic form has a meaning that manifests itself in speech as a function. The meaning represents the ‟sign content of the form” in the language system, turning into a categorical meaning that does not depend on the context, representing the invariant form of any syntactic structure. The function is realised in speech, being filled with connotative meanings, claiming to be expressed by new linguistic forms of varieties of categorical meaning.