• Original research article
  • October 15, 2013
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COLOUR SPECTRUM OF LONDON TEXT IN ENGLISH LITERATURE

Abstract

The article analyzes the colour spectrum of London text in the English literature, which allows revealing the features of its cognitive space that is created by the concept COLOUR, achieving linguistic representation and interpretation within this supertext with words 'grey', 'black', 'red' and 'pink'. The analysis is carried out by the material of the works of Ch. Dickens, J. Greenwood, S. Kinsella, N. Hornby, etc.

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Author information

Ol'ga Sergeevna Shurupova

Lipetsk Branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Elena Vladislavovna Chudinova

Lipetsk Branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

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Publication history

  • Published: October 15, 2013.

Keywords

  • текст
  • сверхтекст
  • концепт
  • цветовая гамма
  • Лондонский текст английской литературы
  • text
  • supertext
  • concept
  • color spectrum
  • London text in English literature

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