SEMANTICS OF NOMINAL PERSONIFICATIONS IN POPULAR SCIENCE LINGUISTIC TEXTS

Abstract

The paper deals with the popular science linguistic texts considering personification to de used as an artistic trope for the explanation of linguistic phenomena and concepts. Semantic features of personification attributes of the basic linguistic concepts in popular science texts are investigated. Some impressive contexts with linguistic personifications suggest considering the process of personification as that of developing and taking new forms of expression. Linguistic research of personification proves it to be a substantial trope, reveals its specificity and gives an opportunity to differentiate it from the other artistic means.The results of the present research may be applied for developing the methods of linguistic analyses of the text. Furthermore, a lot of the researched materials reflect the popular science style which deserves to be investigated, analyzed and fixed in the glossaries and in the dictionaries of Russian language. Researches of personification and other artistic tropes prove that the popular science style can be regarded as a separate style, which is developping intensively and interestingly. The intensive and permanent researches of the personification depend on this fact.

Keywords

• popular science text
• anthropomorphism
• personification
• object of personification
• personifying sign
• unit of personification
• thematic groups
• microtexts