SEMANTIC PECULIARITIES OF THEMATIC GROUP MERCHANTS IN MIDDLE ENGLISH
The article focuses on semantic peculiarities of thematic group “Merchants” in Middle English, which is the part of lexical-semantic field “occupations”. The words related to commercial sphere were selected and analyzed commercial sphere. The results of the research show dividing of traders into different fields according to their specializations of business. To the main branches of commerce belonged material, product and clothes trading. Merchant guilds had an influence on craftsmen and it resulted into expanding of their rights. There were some representatives of female traders too. The article provides additional information about trade, business and history in Medieval Britain of the XI–XV centuries.
Keywords: lexis with the meaning “merchant”, Middle English, thematic group, classification
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Issue: 10, 2015
Series of issue: Issue 10
Rubric: GERMANIC LANGUAGES
Pages: 33 — 35
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