Genesis of Figurative Lexico-Semantic Variant of a Word.

Authors

  • O. Peftieva Маріупольський державний університет

Keywords:

verbal figurativeness, semantic paradigm, structure of a word, lexico-semantic variant, nuclear, differential, potential semes

Abstract

Topicality of the given work is conditioned by the perception of figurativeness as an inherent component in the semantic structure of a word, besides verbal figurativeness has not been studied in terms of its genesis.

Author Biography

O. Peftieva, Маріупольський державний університет

кандидат філологічних наук, доцент кафедри англійської філології, в.о. завідувача кафедри теорії та практики перекладу

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SECTION IV. Functional Semantics of Lexical and Phraseological Units