DYNAMICS OF THE SEMANTIC FIELD OF THE WORD «ВЗЯТКА» (BRIBE) IN THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE
- Authors: Plotnikova A.M.1, Starikova K.V.1
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Affiliations:
- Ural Federal University
- Issue: Vol 22, No 3.2 (2016)
- Pages: 51-56
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.ssau.ru/hpp/article/view/4416
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18287/2542-0445-2016-22-3.2-51-56
- ID: 4416
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Abstract
The article discusses meanings of the words related to the semantic
field of ‘bribery’, which is now growing in the Russian language.
Drawing from various lexicographical sources, the author focuses on
lexical and phraseological units denoting such social vice as bribery. It
is shown how the word family with the common root “взятк-” is
expanding; how the meanings of the lexical units in this field are
transformed; and how this semantic field functions in the legal discourse.
Comparative analysis of the colloquial usage of these words and their
usage as terms in professional discourse reveals significant differences
in the meanings of certain units. The author used the Russian National
Corpus to analyze the collocations of the word «взятка» and to
reconstruct the perception of this phenomenon in Russian society.
Special attention is paid to the system of euphemistic nominations
performing various pragmatic functions: euphemisms conceal the real
nature ofsuch actions; change the negative evaluation of this phenomenon
into positive; and reduce the communicative discomfort. The article
describes how condemnation of bribery is replaced by a more ambivalent
attitude in contemporary publicistic writings.
About the authors
A. M. Plotnikova
Ural Federal University
Author for correspondence.
Email: morenovsv@ssau.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1825-0097
K. V. Starikova
Ural Federal University
Email: morenovsv@ssau.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1825-0097
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