STUDY OF THEME "HUMAN CHARACTER" IN GROUPS OF STUDENTS-PHILOLOGISTS AND INTERPRETERS (BY THE MATERIAL OF THE BRITISH TRAINING COURSE "NEW INSIDE OUT")
Malakhovskaya Mariya L'vovna
Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia
Abstract. The article considers the features of the English adjectives semantics included in the lexical-semantic group "human character" as it is represented in the training course "New Inside Out" by the British publisher Macmillan. The reasons of the difficulties of mastering this vocabulary group by students-philologists and interpreters are revealed. The strategies, by which these difficulties can be successfully overcome, are suggested.
Key words and phrases: прилагательное, характер человека, лексико-семантическая группа, полисемия, лексическая лакуна, контекст, переводческий эквивалент, adjective, human character, lexical-semantic group, polysemy, lexical lacuna, context, translation equivalent
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