Functional Semantic Field of Words Expressing Color and Image in English


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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47494/mesb.v16i.718

Keywords:

functional semantic field, words expressing color, distinction between color, shape, color specification, color words, pictorial precision, basic color terms

Abstract

The present article is focused on the latter forms of complex expressions of colors that can either take the form of fully fledged similes (brown as a gipsy) or synthetic similes (gem-green). Even though, unlike fully-fledged similes, synthetic ones are not built around a comparison marker, writers equally use both to communicate subtly with their readers by soliciting their imagination as well as their own perception of the colors of elements of the world.

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Published

2021-09-18

How to Cite

Functional Semantic Field of Words Expressing Color and Image in English. (2021). Middle European Scientific Bulletin, 16. https://doi.org/10.47494/mesb.v16i.718

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Language and Literature