SPECIAL VOCABULARY USED IN SCIENCE FICTION: SEMANTIC PECULIARITIES Abstract: The paper focuses on characteristic features and functions of special vocabulary (terminology) used in science fiction. Special vocabulary of this genre falls into special...
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SPECIAL VOCABULARY USED IN SCIENCE FICTION: SEMANTIC PECULIARITIES Abstract: The paper focuses on characteristic features and functions of special vocabulary (terminology) used in science fiction. Special vocabulary of this genre falls into special vocabulary proper and quasi-special vocabulary coined by authors of the texts. A particular emphasis is laid on peculiarities of the semantic structure of terminology used in science fiction texts. The paper describes main ways of semantization of quasi-special vocabulary units determined by their interaction with other lexical layers. Genre-shaping potential of special vocabulary in science fiction is discussed. Introduction Science fiction is, undoubtedly, the only belle-letters genre with special vocabulary of different kinds having genre-shaping potential. Thus, the science fiction text is a particular sphere of the functioning of two kinds of special vocabulary: the one already existing in language and the quasi- special vocabulary coin
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