COLOUR ADJECTIVES FUNCTIONING IN ENGLISH SLANG VOCABULARY
Anikeeva Tat'yana Radievna
Voronezh State Pedagogical University
Submitted: 05.04.2018
Abstract. The article is devoted to some tendencies of using colour adjectives in the slang vocabulary of American English. The paper presents the main definitions of the term "slang" and its characteristics. Particular semantic and structural features of slang nominations that have an adjective group in their composition are described; some symbols of using colour adjectives nominations in English slang are determined; the conclusion is made about the importance of colour names in the creation of expressive, low-style units of the examined layer of vocabulary.
Key words and phrases: английский язык, американский вариант, сленговая лексика, прилагательные цветообозначения, структурные и семантические особенности, English, American English, slang vocabulary, colour adjectives, structural and semantic features
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