THE LEXICAL-SEMANTIC GROUP "HABITATION" IN THE STORY "THE COSSACKS" BY L. N. TOLSTOY
The article is dedicated to the peculiarities of a lexeme use, denoting the types of habitation of the Mountain Cossacks in the story “The Cossacks” by L. N. Tolstoy. The basic lexemes are highlighted: “khata”, “mazanka”, “izba”. The meanings (meaning components) of lexemes are revealed on the basis of description correlation, found in the story (its draft copies), dictionary data and other research sources. A special attention is paid to the determination of correctness of parallel use of lexemes by the author, having one and the same structure, from the position of usage and language codification.