Color Component in Ethnophobic Terms Denoting East Asians and People of Muslim Confession (the case of non-standard American English)
Journal: Science and Education a New Dimension
Year: 2019

The article deals with ethnophobic terms used in non-standard American English to denote East Asians and people of Muslim confession. Our research focus has been on the functions of color components in the semantics and structure of ethnophobic terms. The role of the color component in the formation of ethnicity-laden expressions is based on its semantic, pragmatic, and conceptual dimensions. The linguistic mechanism underlying the derivation of ethnophobic terms is revealed through the descript