МИР В ЗЕРКАЛЕ ОКСЮМОРОНА
THE WORLD IN THE MIRROR OF OXYMORON

Summary/Abstract: The paper investigates oxymoron collocations based on lexical antonymy of their components and compares them with antithesis. As a result of the analysis of a new factual material, we reveal the following peculiarities of an oxymoron collocation: the relatedness of opposite qualities to one denotatum, the creation of a new quality by synthesizing the incompatible, the subordinate connection between the collocation’s components, and the required presence of quality words. We make a conclusion that oxymoron collocations selectively reflect the reality, and their purpose is to express emotions and assessments with respect to the denominated.

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