SIGNS RELEVANT FOR THE FORMATION OF ANIMAL IMAGE IN THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE PICTURE OF THE WORLD (ON THE MATERIAL OF THE STABLE COMPARISONS WITH ZOОNYMS)

Abstract

This work, on the one hand, provides the connotative meanings of the main zoonyms that form stereotypical images of animals based on functional-semantic analysis, at the same time, it shows the factors that influence the choice of comparison objects for the formation of stable comparisons. We found out the following 5 main factors that influence the choice of zoonyms: 1) domestic – wild, 2) gender, 3) age, 4) height, size and weight, 5) signs on the body. The indication of these factors perhaps stimulates the emergence of more work on stable combinations in a foreign audience. The result of this study contributes to an improved understanding of the connotation of animals, helps foreign students to express their thoughts and communicative intentions in Russian correctly, expressively, and relevantly.