Aspectos del estudio de la sinonimia sintáctica en las lenguas inglés y azerbaiyano modernas

Abstract

Syntax provides a window into grammatical structure across languages, and syntactic synonymy—different constructions conveying identical meaning—reveals both shared conceptual cores and language‑specific emphases. Yet comparative studies of syntactic synonymy in typologically diverse families remain scarce, particularly between Indo‑European and Turkic languages. This study fills that gap by comparing Modern English (Germanic Indo‑European) and Azerbaijani (Oghuz Turkic). Using criteria of semantic commonality, and structural‑functional variation, the research identifies syntactic synonyms in authentic texts. Results show that, despite their typological differences, both languages employ parallel mechanisms to express the same semantic relations through distinct structures: English relies on transformational variants, while Azerbaijani leverages its agglutinative morphology. Systematic correspondences emerge—most notably between subordinate clauses and participial constructions—pointing to universal patterns that underlie language‑specific realizations of syntactic synonymy. These findings inform translation studies by clarifying structural equivalences, enrich language pedagogy with alternative expressive strategies, and support computational linguistics—particularly paraphrase generation and semantic analysis—through explicit identification of syntactic synonyms. Empirically grounded, this work also contributes to theoretical linguistics by illustrating how Universal Grammar principles manifest alongside language‑specific adaptations.