LINGUOCULTURAL FEATURES OF LEXICAL UNITS IN AMERICAN AND BRITISH MEDIA

The article deals with the differences between the American and the British variants of the English language at the lexical and semantic level. The author reveals two main types of oppositions: lexical and semantic divergences and lexical and semantic analogues. These main types of oppositions are analyzed. The author finds out correlation between divergent and general elements, establishes the reasons for the occurrence of these differences and defines their place both in the system of one of the variants and in the system of the literary language as a whole. Within the framework of lexical and semantic divergences and analogues the author reveals one-sidedly and two-sidedly locally marked oppositions.