THE LOWER STRATUM OF THE SOCIAL HIERARCHY AND ITS SEMANTIC RETHINKING Cover Image

НИЖНЯЯ СТУПЕНЬ СОЦИАЛЬНОЙ ИЕРАРХИИ И ЕЕ СЕМАНТИЧЕСКОЕ ПЕРЕОСМЫСЛЕНИЕ
THE LOWER STRATUM OF THE SOCIAL HIERARCHY AND ITS SEMANTIC RETHINKING

Author(s): Ol'ga E. Frolova
Subject(s): Semantics, Eastern Slavic Languages
Published by: Институт за македонска литература
Keywords: Social stratification; inferior social stratum; historicism; transference; metaphor; compatibility; point of view; negative connotations

Summary/Abstract: The article describes the formation of a figurative meaning in the names of the lowest Russian social strata. Polysemy occurs when the nominative meaning ceases to be relevant. The semantics of the portable meaning of the word "serf" includes the semes of two participants in the situation, voluntary lack of freedom, low behavior. The social hierarchy in figurative use is reinterpreted in the higher status of the speaker as the subject of evaluation.

  • Issue Year: 15/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 143-154
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Russian