Every day, from morning to evening, cities live according to an already well-established system. People wake up, go to work, complete tasks, and in the evening they come home and relax. Trips are carried out in different ways: by private transport, by public transport, by taxi. The latter option is used more often when it is not possible to get there by bus or trolleybus, or you have to carry large luggage. Situations are different. If you try to give a definition, it turns out that a taxi is … This is exactly what will be discussed in the article.
Rise
It is impossible to speak exactly about some country as the birthplace of this mode of transportation. Many scientists believe that ancient Rome was the progenitor of the taxi. Residents installed a mechanical counter on the wagons, which showed what distance had been covered. There is too little evidence for the theory, so it is difficult to call it a fact.
The following references to taxis date back to France and England in the 17th century. Just at this time, in the second of them, cab drivers began to obtain licenses for their work. Later, transport began to change, in the 19th century the first cars appeared, but the essence remainedold.
There are no exact facts about the development of the method of transporting croissants in the homeland, but the word "taxi" of French origin confirms this.
Development
As noted earlier, the birth of registered transport occurred in the 17th century. The first cab drivers were engaged in this activity individually, the payment was also calculated from personal whims. There was no particular demand for this, not everyone could afford a taxi, because sometimes the price was too high.
Slowly, after two centuries, the work of transportation began to be controlled. The first offices appeared, where cars with drivers were hired, a standard unit of payment was established. Taxi drivers took the innovation negatively, because now they could not raise the price of their own free will or hide part of the amount in their pocket.
In the 20th century, the standard for the appearance of a taxi appeared - it's yellow and a checker. It came from America, where transport vehicles specifically stood out from the rest. Then it was not practiced to order a car by phone to a place due to technology. The bright colors were visible from afar, making it much easier to find the driver.
Now everyone can use the services of a taxi, because it's fast, inexpensive and easy. People are so accustomed to the abundance of transport in the city that they can no longer imagine their life without it. Moving from work to home and vice versa can be difficult, as buildings are often located on different parts of the city.
Lexicalvalue
In almost all dictionaries, the word "taxi" is interpreted as a vehicle that transports passengers to the required distances for a fee. The cost is determined by the counter. There are no peculiarities in the lexical meaning of the word "taxi". The only definition that can attract the reader's attention is given by T. F. Efremova. She designated a taxi as a car, the fare in which is calculated by the tax. The latter should be understood as a norm (or indicator) established by the state. Currently, the above definition is not relevant, because the price per distance depends only on the service provider. There are too many similar offices, the fee varies depending on the region, so it is not possible to talk about a single state figure.
Etymology
The word came from French and roughly meant a price counter. History does not provide exact information, but with the help of logical reasoning and some available information, the following hypotheses can be deduced:
- Taxi appeared much earlier than the first cars, respectively, this word cannot be called a car, any transport will do.
- The cost was determined based on the distance traveled, and payment was made in accordance with the meter.
- Delivery speed was also not the basis of a taxi, this value appeared much later.
Thus, the original meaning of the word was far from the modern understanding. Now when ordering a car peoplerequire the driver to quickly deliver to the place, in addition, different services offer different prices for the train. Interestingly, now they pay not only for the distance, but also for boarding the transport.
Morphology
Now that we have some understanding of what the word "taxi" means, let's turn to its morphology.
Immediately seen that this is a noun. Its initial form sounds like this - "taxi". If you try to decline, then no changes will occur: the ending will remain the same. This situation occurs with most borrowed words. They are Russified, but the design remains.
Permanent signs will be as follows: common noun (written with a small letter, only if the author's idea implies a different meaning), inanimate. The gender of the word "taxi" is medium.
In a sentence, nouns can play the role of subject and object - it all depends on the meaning.
Morfemics
The composition of the word "taxi" is very simple. It has only five letters, so there are only two parts.
The first four letters are the root. It participates in word formation and gives the main semantic load.
The letter "I" at the end is the end. Remains stable through declination, number changes, and other variations.
If we talk about words with the same root, it turns out that in the dictionary there is only a "taxi driver" - a person who transports passengers bythis type of transport. There are some forms of the verb in folklore, but in the confirmed materials, the action is described using the verb "to work" or "to be".
Offshoots from the concept
Quite a long time ago, a new type of transport began to appear in Russia - a fixed-route taxi. This is usually a medium-sized bus or passenger gazelle that has a fixed line and a fixed fare.
The special factor is speed. It is believed that a taxi is designed to quickly move around the city, so a more massive colleague should try to obey this rule.
Price plays an important role. A fixed-route taxi cannot enter a courtyard or a remote corner of the city, because it has a certain "trajectory". Due to this, the cost is much lower than that of a custom car.
Minibuses (a common name for transport) have become very popular with residents. Each city has several types of this transport with different lines. It is enough to get acquainted with the information on the transport sign, find the necessary stop (indicated in the order of priority) and hit the road.
Interesting facts
The meaning of the word "taxi" is clear to almost all residents of not only Russia, but also the world, but few people know the features of this transport from different countries.
- The most expensive fast trip will cost you in England, namely in London. The name is "cab". Next in value are German and Italianshipping.
- But China, on the contrary, sets the lowest prices for taxis. Surprisingly, most of the drivers are ladies.
- Finland is a country that introduces new technologies, so about half of the requests for a car are sent via the global network.
- In Russia, the taxi appeared rather late - only in 1907. The first driver marked on his car the following phrase "Carrier. Tax by agreement", where a word close to the modern name of the transport meant "price".
