THE USAGE OF SOMATIC LEXIS WITH ABSTRACT SEMANTICS DERIVED FROM THE WORD <i>HEART</i>
The paper describes somatic derivatives мягкосерде́чие, мягкосе́рдие, мягкосе́рдый, мягкосерде́чный, мягкосерде́чность. These words have positive meaning in the dictionaries whereas in the contexts they are defined negatively. Such contradiction is due to the physical features of basic somatisms from which the derivatives are formed.