LEXICAL-SEMANTIC FIELD “CHESS GAME” IN MODERN RUSSIAN

Abstract

The article is dedicated to a study of special vocabulary in the sphere of chess communication. Nowadays the research of lexical-semantic relations between special units occupies an important place in the construction of functional-semantic and terminological systems. This article presents lexical-semantic and functional-stylistic analysis aimed at discovering the appropriate relations between special units to construct the lexical-semantic field of “Chess Game”. The authors conclude that the types of units in chess communication are heterogeneous and vary from narrow special terms and professionalisms to slang units and nicknames, which indicates a significant functional and stylistic differentiation of chess vocabulary, forming the chess world picture and building up in the lexical-semantic field of the same name. In this case, the special chess vocabulary should be considered as a system of functional-semantic categories considering the interaction of heterogeneous elements belonging to different aspects and levels of language with common invariant semantic features. Many special units of the chess lexicon have emotional, evaluative, and expressive-stylistic characteristics, which indicates the implementation of aesthetic and pragmatic functions of language in the chess communication, as well as a wide range of functioning units included in the lexico-semantic field “Chess Game”. The obtained results of the study allow to judge the importance of the conducted research.