Izvestiya of Saratov University.
ISSN 1817-7115 (Print)
ISSN 2541-898X (Online)


color term

The color of lemon in the Russian language color notation system: From the stereotyped yellow to the color of lemon with peel

The article presents the results of a study carried out in the context of color linguistics, the purpose of which is to describe a segment of the color conceptual sphere of the Russian floristic space based on the material of color descriptions of lemon, functioning in the texts of various discourses (lexicographic, prosaic, poetic, advertising etc). The study was polydiscourse in nature and used a set of methods: continuous sampling, descriptive-analytical, contextual, quantitative data processing, and a directed association experiment among others.

Lexical and Semantic Group of Color Terms in Modern Germanic Languages

The article reviews the semantic field of color terms in Germanic languages: its structure, characteristic features of the basic part and periphery formation, development trends. Based on lexical and semantic groups of color term adjectives of the English and German languages, the authors determine general and specific features in word formation and semantic processes in the semantic field under research.