REFLECTION OF THE COLOUR PICTURE OF THE WORLD IN RUSSIAN AND ENGLISH ARGOT

Abstract

The article deals with the investigation of colour terms in Russian and English argot. The author describes the role of argotic vocabulary in terms of transmitting the color picture of the world in the linguocultures under consideration. The work reveals the meaning of the notion “argot”. The researcher makes an attempt to determine the potential of color terms in representation of the phenomena that are significant for the criminal subculture. The novelty of the work lies in the fact that an unexplored material is used as the basis of the research. The most frequent color terms for both of the languages, as well as the most productive word-formation models, are identified. The classification of actual material in accordance with theme groups is given. The study showed an unequal distribution of color dominants, caused by the difference in the mentality of peoples.