DYNAMICS OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE LEXICO-SEMANTIC GROUP «THE NAMES OF FISH, SEAFOOD AND FISH DISHES» DURING OLD ENGLISH AND MIDDLE ENGLISH PERIODS

Journal Title: Мова - Year 2016, Vol 0, Issue 26

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to investigate the dynamic processes of development of the lexicosemantic group «The names of fish, seafood and fish dishes» from Old English to Middle English period; to analyze a set of quantitative and qualitative changes within the investigated vocabulary. The object of our study is the lexico-semantic group «The names of fish, seafood and fish dishes» in the Old English and Middle English culinary lexicon. The subject of this article is the formation and development of the names of fish, seafood and fish dishes in the diachronic aspect. Methods of etymological, semantic and componential analysis of the vocabulary and comparative historical, descriptive and contrastive methods are used in this linguistic research. The article is focused on the etymological features and genetic composition of the names of fish and seafood. The author gives a quantitative determination of the names of fish, seafood and fish dishes in the Old English and Middle English culinary lexicon. The classification of Middle English names of fish dishes is carried out. The article examines the basic extralinguistic factors and their influence on the development of the investigated lexico-semantic group. Particular attention is paid to the ways and means of the Middle English cooking vocabulary update.

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Tetyana V. PODSIKERA

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Tetyana V. PODSIKERA (2016). DYNAMICS OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE LEXICO-SEMANTIC GROUP «THE NAMES OF FISH, SEAFOOD AND FISH DISHES» DURING OLD ENGLISH AND MIDDLE ENGLISH PERIODS. Мова, 0(26), 131-137. https://www.europub.co.uk/articles/-A-393497