Semantics of the notion patchworker in contemporary English
https://doi.org/10.17021/2712-9519-2025-3-43-54
Abstract
The article contemplates the imagery and semantic aspects of a patchworker as a neologism in contemporary English. As a result of the semasiological and discursive approach to the study of the notion and its associatives, it has been uncovered that a patchworker is one of the main important markers of the business structure in the ХХI century, with such latent characteristics in its semantics that are specified by the imagery of its initial form as variability - a unique business quality, which enlarges the possibilities of career growth, and profit retention, as well as a more motivational attitude to work, ensuring more job satisfaction based on the constant change of activities and their content.
About the Authors
E. V. Kislyakova
Volgograd State Social Pedagogical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Evgenia Y. Kislyakova – doctor of philology, associate professor, professor of the department of English Philology
Volgograd
S. I. Madzhaeva
Astrakhan State Medical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sanya I. Madzhaeva – doctor of philology, professor, head of the department of Latin and foreign languages
Astrakhan
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Kislyakova E.V., Madzhaeva S.I. Semantics of the notion patchworker in contemporary English. Linguistics & education. 2025;5(3):43-54. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.17021/2712-9519-2025-3-43-54
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