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  • May 8, 2013
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FEATURES OF NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OBJECTS REPRESENTATION IN SEMANTICS OF MODERN ENGLISH-AMERICAN SLANG

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.

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Vladimir Stanislavovich Elizarov

Saransk Cooperative Institute of Russian University of Cooperation

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  • Published: May 8, 2013.

Keywords

  • 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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