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English and Russian idiomatic expressions containing the colors red (красный) and green (зелёный) as components

This master’s thesis observes and studies the cognitive motivation of figurative meanings of English and Russian expressions containing the colors ‘red’ and ‘green’ as components. The main aim of this thesis is to list and analyze syntactic and semantic characteristics of figurative expressions containing ‘red’ and ‘green’ and examine what cognitive mechanisms are motivating them. Our mind is inherently embodied and is combined with the more general knowledge of the world which affects our conceptual system. The aim of this analysis is to show how the meanings of the selected expressions are shaped and understood, and discuss the general experiences connected with colors ‘red’ and ‘green’ in the languages that on the surface seem rather different, but in reality share quite similar cultural backgrounds.

colors, red, green, figurative meaning, conceptual metaphor, conceptual metonymy

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