LEXICO-SEMANTIC GROUP OF NOUNS ‘PARTS OF PLANTS’ AS A FRAGMENT OF THE BIOMORPHIC CODE OF CULTURE: LINGUOCULTUROLOGICAL ASPECT

Abstract

The article is devoted to the semantic and linguocultural description of the words included in the lexico-semantic group of nouns “parts of plants.” The study of such linguistic units is relevant, since in the presence of culturally colored components they serve as universal means of cognition, with the help of which national and cultural specificity, recorded in the language, is reflected. The aim of the research is to describe the lexical units belonging to the LSG “parts of plants” as a part of the biomorphic code in the Russian linguistic culture, the objectives of the study are to conduct a linguistic analysis of these words, to identify and analyze their semantic and culturological features. Scientific novelty of the research lies in the fact that for the first time in the work the linguocultural analysis of the group of words “part of plants” is carried out, considering them as a part of the biomorphic code of culture. The theoretical significance of the study lies in the possibility of using the results of the study to create a new linguocultural dictionary. The practical significance is seen in the use of the obtained data in the classes of lexicology, lexicography and linguoculturology. As a result of the analysis the semantic features of the selected lexical units were established, their cultural and semantic contents were highlighted, as well as some specific observations and conclusions concerning their functioning in speech were considered and analyzed.