• Original research article
  • May 1, 2017
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THE EVALUATION OF BROKERS’ PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY IN J. BELFORT’S BOOK “THE WOLF OF WALL STREET”

Abstract

The article is devoted to the linguo-cognitive analysis of evaluative categorization of brokers’ professional activity (by the material of the English-language literary text). The complex structure of evaluation of various aspects of brokerage activity is identified, and the priority professional characteristics underlying the corresponding evaluative categories are revealed for this sphere. The structure of the lexico-phraseological frame “evaluation of broker’s professional activity” is specified.

References

  1. Бабушкина О. Н. Оценочная категоризация профессиональной деятельности в английской и русской фразеологии: монография. Челябинск: Энциклопедия, 2012. 204 с.
  2. Belfort J. The Wolf of Wall Street. N. Y.: Bantam Books, 2007. 528 p.

Author information

Ol'ga Nikolaevna Kovaleva

Chelyabinsk State University

Karina Vladimirovna Stakhova

Chelyabinsk State University

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Publication history

  • Published: May 1, 2017.

Keywords

  • оценочная категоризация
  • оценка
  • оценочная категория
  • профессиональная деятельность
  • фрейм
  • evaluative categorization
  • evaluation
  • evaluative category
  • professional activity
  • frame

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