Vestnik of Samara University. History, pedagogics, philologyVestnik of Samara University. History, pedagogics, philology2542-04452712-8946Samara National Research University441610.18287/2542-0445-2016-22-3.2-51-56UnknownDYNAMICS OF THE SEMANTIC FIELD OF THE WORD «ВЗЯТКА» (BRIBE) IN THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGEPlotnikovaA. M.morenovsv@ssau.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1825-0097StarikovaK. V.morenovsv@ssau.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1825-0097Ural Federal University02032016223.251561205201712052017Copyright © 2016, Plotnikova A.M., Starikova K.V.2016<p>The article discusses meanings of the words related to the semantic</p>
<p>field of bribery, which is now growing in the Russian language.</p>
<p>Drawing from various lexicographical sources, the author focuses on</p>
<p>lexical and phraseological units denoting such social vice as bribery. It</p>
<p>is shown how the word family with the common root взятк- is</p>
<p>expanding; how the meanings of the lexical units in this field are</p>
<p>transformed; and how this semantic field functions in the legal discourse.</p>
<p>Comparative analysis of the colloquial usage of these words and their</p>
<p>usage as terms in professional discourse reveals significant differences</p>
<p>in the meanings of certain units. The author used the Russian National</p>
<p>Corpus to analyze the collocations of the word взятка and to</p>
<p>reconstruct the perception of this phenomenon in Russian society.</p>
<p>Special attention is paid to the system of euphemistic nominations</p>
<p>performing various pragmatic functions: euphemisms conceal the real</p>
<p>nature ofsuch actions; change the negative evaluation of this phenomenon</p>
<p>into positive; and reduce the communicative discomfort. The article</p>
<p>describes how condemnation of bribery is replaced by a more ambivalent</p>
<p>attitude in contemporary publicistic writings.</p>
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