COLOUR OF VIOLET IN THE RUSSIAN COLOUR CONCEPTOSPHERE

Abstract

The article presents the results of polydiscursive research (the material is lexicographic sources, associative experiment data, the Russian National Corpus materials), devoted to reconstruction of the segment of the floristic space of Russian colour conceptosphere (on the material of violets colour descriptions). The main results are: 1) the composition of main colour terms significant in plant visualisation (12 units) is revealed; the expansion of the colour spectrum is described; the colour terms spheres of denotation are established; 2) the functional potential of descriptions is revealed; 3) the composition of colour terms based on colour descriptions of violet (47) is established, the spheres of denotation are described; 4) the specificity of their functioning is revealed, which consists in the variability of interpretation of colour meaning, in the significance of correct mediated colour rendering, in the broad evaluability, in the actualization of cultural potential.