FEATURES OF NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OBJECTS REPRESENTATION IN SEMANTICS OF MODERN ENGLISH-AMERICAN SLANG
Elizarov Vladimir Stanislavovich
Saransk Cooperative Institute of Russian University of Cooperation
Abstract. The author analyzes the Anglo-American slang as a special sphere of language lexical arsenal, tells that lexical phenomena within slang language usage meet well-known canons: semantic shift is in the image and likeness, covering such categories and notions of object as appearance, general characteristics, distinguishing features; and conducts the lexical-semantic analysis of lexical units in the structure of slang for the creation of their more orderable perception and understanding in the rank of the modern English language.
Key words and phrases: основное номинативное значение, семантический сдвиг, метафорический перенос, лингво-культурный пласт, лексико-семантический анализ, basic nominative meaning, semantic shift, metaphorical transfer, linguo-cultural background, lexical-semantic analysis
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Ayto J., Simpson J. The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang. N. Y.: Published in the United States by Oxford University Press Inc., 2005. 324 r.
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