THE FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF LEXICO-SEMANTIC GROUP “MONEY” (MONETARY NAMES) IN THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE

Abstract

The article examines the history of the formation and development of lexico-semantic group (LSG) “money” (monetary names) in the Russian language. The author has studied the semantic evolution of LSG “money” (monetary names) in the Russian language, conducted a diachronic analysis of this LSG from the VI century to the XXI century inclusive, which is not the subject of special linguistic study. The author has compiled the field structure of the LSG “money”, highlights the core, the nearest and far peripheries. It is concluded that the formation and development of LSG “money” is influenced by various linguistic and extralinguistic factors during the VI ‒ XXI centuries.