EXPRESSION OF TIME BY WORD COMBINATIONS WITH NOUNS DENOTING TIME SUCH AS: «MOMENT», «INSTANT», «MINUTE», «SECOND»

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the semantic structure and peculiarities of usage of words de- noting time both in Russian and in English. Various examples of usage of these words in both languages are given and compared.

Keywords

• семантика времени
• временная система
• фразеологизмы
• категория времени
• функциональный стиль
• смысловые коннотации
• semantics of time
• time system
• idioms
• time category
• functional style
• semantic connotations