THE SEMANTIC FIELDS WITHIN THE CONCEPTUAL FIELD “CRIME SCENE EXAMINATION”: SEMANTICS, NOMINATION, REFERENCE

Abstract

The article is devoted to the consideration of the semantic fields in English that reflect the conceptual field Crime Scene Examination, with attention to the possibilities of classifying nominative units based on the functional role principle, typical nomination mechanisms that appear in nominative units used to describe the reference zone Crime Scene Examination and related features of reference. As the differential parameters of this lexical cluster, strict designation of the content and nature of procedural actions, an unambiguous expression of legal concepts, the functional orientation of the nomination, the breadth of the thematic repertoire of the reference zone, the repetitive use of syntactic structures, the use of typified word-formation models, the constancy of use, and its performativity are highlighted. Specification of the significative meaning by introducing a lexical unit, metonymy, and also conversion are elicited as the dominant nomination mechanisms.

Keywords

• номинативная единица
• концептуальное поле
• семантическое поле
• референтная область
• функционально-ролевой принцип
• механизмы номинации
• nominative unit
• conceptual field
• semantic field
• reference zone
• functional role principle
• nomination mechanism