STABLE PHRASES WITH A COLOR COMPONENT IN ENGLISH ADJECTIVES

Abstract

Having considered the semantic structure of adjectives of color, it is found that for the most part figurative meanings of these adjectives there are mainly phraseologically related and they are realized in a limited number of stable word combinations, figurative and non-figurative. Stable phrases with adjectives expressing the basic concepts of color fall into two large groups: nominal and verbal. Stable combinations of the nominal type are formed from words with the subject meaning of the word defining it. The whole combination as a whole has a substantive meaning, has the characteristics of a noun and acts in all its functions. Verb stable phrases convey a concept of an action or state. Grammatically, a leading verb in them is a verb that forms the entire phrase and the structure of the entire phraseological unit and depends on the grammatical and syntactic properties. The semantic structure of adjectives of color consists of direct and figurative meanings that are in certain relationships with each other. Portable values can represent a consistent development of a single line of values, but with varying degrees of abstraction. They can relate to a wide variety of areas. They can characterize the state of unavailability, physical or moral immaturity, inexperience of a person, denote the state of the weather, the corresponding state, the mood of a person, can serve as an assessment of actions.