COLORATIVE LEXIS IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY RUSSIAN POETIC LANGUAGE: STRUCTURAL, SEMANTIC, AND SEMIOTIC DIMENSIONS

Abstract

 This article examines colorative lexis in twentieth-century Russian poetic language as a structurally and conceptually significant component of artistic nomination. Drawing on linguistic, semiotic, and cognitive approaches, the study analyzes the structural types, semantic transformations, and semiotic functions of color terms in Symbolism, Futurism, Acmeism, and later modernist poetry. The research integrates structural-derivational analysis, contextual interpretation, and semiotic modeling in order to demonstrate that color vocabulary in poetic discourse exceeds denotative reference and functions as a mechanism of conceptual construction. The findings reveal that color terms operate on multiple levels: sensory designation, emotional coding, symbolic abstraction, and ontological modeling. The article argues that in twentieth-century Russian poetry, chromatic nomination becomes a productive means of reconfiguring perception and constructing poetic reality. The transformation of color semantics reflects broader shifts in linguistic consciousness characteristic of modernism.