CONNOTATIONALLY MARKED NOUNS WITH THE METAPHORICAL MEANING OF QUANTITY

The lexical-semantic group of nouns with the metaphorical meaning of quantity in English is characterized in the article from the viewpoint of connotational markedness. Relying on the analysis the author identifies that the studied group is heterogeneous: some lexemes are neutral, and others are connotationally marked. The conducted analysis of the connotationally marked nouns testifies that the investigated group refers to the category of colloquial vocabulary.

Authors
Nigmatzyanova Yulia 1 , Merkushina Natalia 1
Conference proceedings
People. Science. Innovations in the New Millennium
Publisher
РУДН
Language
English
Pages
244-247
Status
Published
Year
2018
Organizations
  • 1 RUDN University
Keywords
metaphor; quantity; noun; connotation; semantic structure
Date of creation
07.11.2019
Date of change
07.11.2019
Short link
https://repository.rudn.ru/en/records/article/record/53990/
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