THE COLOR VOCABULARY IN THE LINGUISTIC WORLD-IMAGE OF "CHILDHOOD YEARS OF BAGROV-GRANDSON" BY S. T. AKSAKOV AND "NIKITA’S CHILDHOOD" BY A. N. TOLSTOY LITERARY WORKS HEROES
The article is devoted to the study of color terms as the elements forming the lexical constituent of child’s linguistic world-image. It considers the linguistic and psychological peculiarities of the children’s color perception in Russian fiction of the XIX century. The material for the analysis is taken from the autobiographical stories “The Years of Childhood of Bagrov the Grandson” by S.T. Aksakov and “Nikita’s Childhood” by A.N. Tolstoy. The method of dictionary definitions and the method of contextual and comparative analysis are used in the description of linguistic units. The lexical-semantic groups of the color vocabulary are highlighted in the article. The belonging of the color terms to the word classes is defined and their lexicographical interpretation is given. On the basis of the analysis conducted the conclusion is made about agreement of the key points of the child’s linguistic world-image as presented in the works of various authors and about influence of color on the formation of the child’s linguistic personality and mentality.