Representation of thematic groups in comparisons of olfactory mode of perception
The article considers the representation of thematic groups “Man”, “Animal”, “Nature”, “Plant”, “Object”, “Space”, “Food”, “Abstraction”, “Substance” in the correlation between semes “living” - “non-living” and hedonistic assessment of comparisons of olfactory modus of perception. The lexicographic sources, the literary texts by Z. Prilepin, the results of associative experiment undergo the analysis. The most frequent thematic groups in the source and target spheres of comparison, recorded in at least two sources, have been identified; they are in the focus of the article; non-frequent thematic groups are not analyzed. Axiologically positive comparisons are proved to have a source sphere from the thematic groups “Animal”, “Plant” and a target sphere from the thematic groups “Man”, “Nature”; for axiologically negative comparisons the source sphere is from thematic groups “Animal”, Object, “Food”, “Space” and target sphere is from thematic groups “Man”, “Animal”, “Nature”, “Space”; for axiologically unmarked comparisons - the target sphere, which is part of the thematic group “Man”.