Expressive-evaluative nomination of a noun in the field /on the example of the German language

Koljada N. A.

In this paper, the author analyzes the expressive-evaluative nomination in the lexical system of the German language, namely in the sphere of the noun. In this case, the definition of the expression, the assessment of an object of reality or phenomenon in a certain context is given. The article deals with the types of nomination, paying special attention to the secondary category of lexical units of the German language. In the examples expressive-evaluative nomination and their subsequent analysis. Attention is paid to the question of functional and stylistic consolidation of emotionally expressive nouns in the lexical system of the German language, dividing them into literary (book), colloquial, familiar, vulgar and other styles. The author proposes an estimated scale consisting of reduced, humorous (mostly positive) and ironic (rather negative) estimates of the given nouns. The process of creating linguistic units for naming the surrounding reality is considered from both a philosophical and linguistic point of view.

Keywords:the noun, lexical system of the German language, evaluation scale, linguistic units.