ALGORITHM FOR ANALYZING THE SYNONYMY OF FRENCH ARGOTS (BASED ON THE MATERIAL OF MODERN TELEVISION SERIES)

Abstract

The article, based on the material from the modern French television series “Christmas Flow” and “Plan Cœur”, describes an algorithm for analyzing the synonymy of French argots, including components such as the systematization of non-conventional lexemes and the explication of the functions of argotic synonyms. In the course of studying features of synonymy in television series, semantic spheres, concentration, and ways of semanticizing nonconventional synonyms are also considered. The article introduces the concepts of “dominant synonymic block”, “the central argot of the synonymous series”, “concentration of argotic synonyms”, and “density of argotic synonyms” into scientific use. The results of this research can be used both for the development of training courses in sociolinguistics and lexicology of the French language, and for further lexicography of the components of a specific lexical continuum.