Structural Types of Composite Colour Terms

Abstract

The article deals with basic structural types of composite colour terms. Cognitive nature of these linguistic units is also examined here. From the point of word-formation theory there are two main groups of colouratives - univerbalization composites and units of quasi- composite building.

Keywords

• композит
• цветообозначение
• колоративы
• концепт
• оттенок
• модель
• бахуврихи