CONCEPTION OF VIOLET IN UKRAINIAN AND ENGLISH LINGUOCULTURES

Abstract

The floronyms фіалка / violet meanings have such similar semantic components: «beauty,» «modesty,» «hidden advantages.» In Christianity the analysed floronym symbolises humility and is the emblem of the Virgin Mary. Such semantic components of the floronym violet as: «a timid, submissive, shy person,» «luck,» and «fragrance,» the latter constitutes a part of the binary opposition «fragrance – stink,» are inherent of the English phraseology solely. In the American linguoculture the researched floronym constitutes a floral symbol representing several states. Such semes of the floronym фіалка as: «youth,» «smth unimportant, minor,» «foolishness, nonsense» are appropriate of the Ukrainian phraseology. Moreover, the researched floronym’s semantic components serve as a basis for the concept similarity actualization as well as binary oppositions «realism – idealism,» «man – woman» realization. Phraseological verbalization of other floronyms and peculiarities of their semantics are to be prospected in the analysed languages.