Вербалізація поняття „простір” у середньонаддніпрянських говірках

The author has analyzed the lexical-semantic fi eld of space verbalized by the adverbial pronouns here and there along with their phonetic and derivational variants. The core and periphery of this fi eld have been determined. It is noted that the concept of  Ó in dialectal texts is directly related to the speaker’s personality, who perceives and addresses reality from the standpoint of their own self and perceives surrounding objects not only in their physical dimension but also in a personal one: here – close, one’s own, familiar; there – distant, unknown, foreign. The means and methods of anthropocentric representation of locatives represented by the adverbs here and there have been thoroughly analyzed. They constitute the center of the lexical-semantic fi eld marked by these adverbs of space, clearly diff erentiating it through oppositions like near / far, in front / behind, up / down, external / internal, own / foreign, known / unknown, as verbalized in Middle Dnipro dialect and their marginal areas. The adverbial pronouns here and there exhibit formal variability, with certain phonetic and derivational variants typical for Middle Dnipro dialect, while some are prevalent only in the western and Middle Dnipro-Steppe marginal regions.