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The Lexical‑Semantic Group ‘Aussie’ in Contemporary Australian Slang

Liudmyla Naumenko; Liliia Bilas; Vira Ponomarova

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    The aim of the article is to study the lexical-semantic group ‘Aussie’ in contemporary Australian slang (also strine). The objectives of the article are to determine the semantic structure of the lexeme Aussie and relations between its LSVs, to reconstruct the LSG ‘Aussie’ and its synonymous rows, to explore its representation in lexicographical and Internet sources, as well as to make lexical-semantic and stylistic analyses of the members of the synonymous rows of its LSVs. The conducted research has ascertained that the lexeme Aussie has four meanings in Australian slang: the main one – ‘Australia’ (the basic sema ‘country’), the derivative ones – ‘an Australian’ / ‘Australian people’ (the basic sema ‘inhabitant(s)’), ‘Australian English’ (the basic sema ‘language’), ‘Australian dollar’ (the basic sema ‘money’). The main and derivative meanings are in lexical-semantic relations ‘the whole – the part’. Each meaning (LSV) forms a synonymous row of slang nominations – words and word combinations in the following numerical representation: ‘Australia’ – 13, ‘an Australian’ – 170, ‘Australian English’ – 4, ‘Australian dollar’ – 45 lexical units. The lexical-semantic and stylistic analyses of synonyms have revealed: a) the ways of their formation – by affixation, compounding or both, clipping, abbreviation, hypocoristic shortening, blending, iteration; b) the naming processes – by periphrasis, metaphoric or metonymic transference, antonomasia, alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia, rhyming, ablaut / gradation, allusion; c) the semantic traits that facilitate their creation – colour, size, material, function, appearance, social status, location, climate, pastime, feeling.

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52 Ac a Linguis ica Li huanica LXXXII LIUDMYLA NAUMENKO Ins i u e o Philology, Ta as She chenko Na ional Uni e si y o Kyi Fields o esea ch: linguis ic concep ology, discou se analysis, lexical seman ics, business communica ion, heo y o ansla ion, linguodidac ics. o cid.o g/0000-0002-4325-1673 LILIIA BILAS Ins i u e o Philology, Ta as She chenko Na ional Uni e si y o Kyi Fields o esea ch: Ame ican and B i ish a ea s udies, c oss- cul u al communica ion, me hodology o eaching English. o cid.o g/0000-0002-5514-9799 VIRA PONOMAROVA Ins i u e o Philology, Ta as She chenko Na ional Uni e si y o Kyi Fields o esea ch: heo e ical phone ics, me hodology o eaching o eign languages, CAT in eaching English. o cid. o g/0000-0003-1880-4691 DOI: h ps://doi.o g/10.35321/all82-03 THE LEXICAL-SEMANTIC GROUP ‘AUSSIE’ IN CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN SLANG Leksinė-seman inė „Aussie“ g upė šiuolaikiniame Aus alijos slenge S aipsniai / A icles 53 The Lexical-Seman ic G oup ‘Aussie’ in Con empo a y Aus alian Slang ABSTRACT The aim o he a icle is o s udy he lexical-seman ic g oup ‘Aussie’ in con empo a y Aus alian slang (also s ine). The objec i es o he a icle a e o de e mine he seman- ic s uc u e o he lexeme Aussie and ela ions be ween i s LSVs, o econs uc he LSG ‘Aussie’ and i s synonymous ows, o explo e i s ep esen a ion in lexicog aphical and In e ne sou ces, as well as o make lexical-seman ic and s ylis ic analyses o he membe s o he synonymous ows o i s LSVs. The conduc ed esea ch has asce ained ha he lex- eme Aussie has ou meanings in Aus alian slang: he main one – ‘Aus alia’ ( he basic sema ‘coun y’), he de i a i e ones – ‘an Aus alian’ / ‘Aus alian people’ ( he basic sema ‘inhabi an (s)’), ‘Aus alian English’ ( he basic sema ‘language’), ‘Aus alian dolla ’ ( he basic sema ‘money’). The main and de i a i e meanings a e in lexical-seman ic ela ions ‘ he whole – he pa ’. Each meaning (LSV) o ms a synonymous ow o slang nomina ions – wo ds and wo d combina ions in he ollowing nume ical ep esen a ion: ‘Aus alia’ – 13, ‘an Aus alian’ – 170, ‘Aus alian English’ – 4, ‘Aus alian dolla ’ – 45 lexical uni s. The lexical-seman ic and s ylis ic analyses o synonyms ha e e ealed: a) he ways o hei o - ma ion – by a ixa ion, compounding o bo h, clipping, abb e ia ion, hypoco is ic sho - ening, blending, i e a ion; b) he naming p ocesses – by pe iph asis, me apho ic o me o- nymic ans e ence, an onomasia, alli e a ion, assonance, onoma opoeia, hyming, ablau / g ada ion, allusion; c) he seman ic ai s ha acili a e hei c ea ion – colou , size, ma e- ial, unc ion, appea ance, social s a us, loca ion, clima e, pas ime, eeling. KEYWORDS: Aussie, Aus alian slang, lexical-seman ic g oup (LSG), lexical- seman ic a ian (LSV), synonymous ow. ANOTACIJA S aipsnio ikslas – iš i i leksinę-seman inę g upę „Aussie“ šiuolaikiniame Aus alijos slenge ( aip pa žinomame kaip „s ine“, . y. aus ališkasis anglų kalbos a ian as). S aipsnio ikslas y a nus a y i leksemos „Aussie“ seman inę s uk ū ą i jos LSV (leksinių-seman inių a ian ų) yšius, ekons uo i „Aussie“ leksinę-seman inę g upę (LSG) i jos sinonimiškas eiles, iš i i jos aizda imą leksikog a iniuose i in e ne o šal iniuose, aip pa a lik i jos LSV sinonimų eilių na ių leksinę-seman inę i s ilis inę analizę. A lik as y imas pa odė, kad lek- sema „Aussie“ Aus alijos slenge u i ke u ias eikšmes: pag indinė eikšmė – „Aus alija“ (pag indinė sema „šalis“), ediniai – „aus alas“ / „aus alai“ (pag indinė sema „gy en ojas (-ai)“), „aus alų anglų kalba“ (pag indinė sema „kalba“), i „Aus alijos dole is“ (pag in- dinė sema „pinigai“). Pag indinės i iš es inės eikšmės a sispindi leksiniuose-seman iniuose san ykiuose „ isa–dalis“. Kiek iena eikšmė (LSV) suda o sinoniminę slengo nominacijų eilu ę – žodžius i žodžių junginius, pa eik us šia skai ine o ma: „Aus alija“ – 13, „aus- alas“ – 170, „aus alų anglų kalba“ – 3, „Aus alijos dole is“ – 45. Leksinė-seman inė i s ilis inė sinonimų analizė a skleidė: a) jų o ma imo būdus – a iksus, dū inius, umpinius, ab e ia ū as, hipoko is inius su umpinimus, maišinius (sulie us žodžius), (pa)ka ojimus; LIUDMYLA NAUMENKO, LILIIA BILAS, VIRA PONOMAROVA 54 Ac a Linguis ica Li huanica LXXXII b) į a dijimo p ocesus – pe i azę, me a o inius a me oniminius pe kėlimus, an onoma- ziją, ali e aciją, asonansą, onoma opėją, imą, abliaciją / g adaciją, aliuziją; c) seman inius b uožus, paleng inančius jų kū imą – spal ą, dydį, medžiagą, unkciją, iš aizdą, socialinę padė į, ie ą, klima ą, p amogą, jausmą. ESMINIAI ŽODŽIAI: Aussie, Aus alijos slengas, leksinė-seman inė g upė, leksinis- seman inis a ian as, sinonimų eilė. 1. INTRODUCTION Fo a long ime English has been s udied in i s only o m – BBC English o he B i ish Recei ed P onuncia ion (RP); he o he name is he ‘Queen’s English’. When con ac s became mo e pe sonal a he end o he 20 h – he beginning o he 21s cen u ies due o he In e ne , mobile elephones, sa elli e communica ion and o he elec onic de ices, social a ie ies o English ha e a ac ed a en ion bo h o common people and schola s. The abo e-men ioned con ac s in many cases a e s ipula ed, on he one hand, by he gene al endency owa ds globaliza ion o he wo ld, and, on he o he hand, by genuine in e es in he local peculia i ies o he egional alk. Among he schola s who ha e ocused on Aus alian English, one can hink o he wo ks by J. R. L. Be na d (1969), K. Bu idge and J. G. Mulde (1999), P. Collins (2012), F. Cox (2006), D. Moo e (2008), e c. Among he Uk ainian schola s i is wo h men ioning he con ibu ion by L. Bilas (2017) and V. Pa ashchuk (2014). Though he au ho s conside Aus alian English om di e en poin s o iew – phonological, s ylis ic, sociolinguis ic, his o ical, e c. – ou p ima y a en ion is de o ed o hose publica ions ha elucida e i s non-s anda d, e e yday, colloquial and slangy laye s. The aim o he a icle is o s udy he lexical-seman ic g oup ‘Aussie’ in con- empo a y Aus alian slang. The objec i es o he esea ch a e o de e mine he seman ic s uc u e o he lexeme Aussie and ela ions be ween i s LSVs, o econs uc he LSG ‘Aussie’ and i s synonymous ows, o explo e i s ep esen a- ion in lexicog aphical and In e ne sou ces, as well as o make lexical-seman ic and s ylis ic analyses o he membe s o he synonymous ows o i s LSVs. 2. BODY 2.1. P elimina y obse a ions Aus alian English (AuE, AusE, AusEng, en-AU) is a ela i ely new e - sion o he language ( he i s B i ish colony was se led in 1788 in he New S aipsniai / A icles 55 The Lexical-Seman ic G oup ‘Aussie’ in Con empo a y Aus alian Slang Sou h Wales p o ince in Aus alia) ha o igina ed om now- anished English, he Sco ish and I ish dialec s, Cockney slang, abo iginal and o he languages b ough o he con inen by i s dwelle s (Moo e, 2008). Aus alian English began as koine o he second gene a ion o whi e se le s. J. Be na d e e s o i as ‘p o o-b oad’ ha di e ged om a la ge-scale immig a ion in lux om B i ain in he 1850-80s in o h ee iden i iable accen s: B oad, Gene al and Cul i a ed (Be na d 1969). As i is s a ed on he ATMC Social Po al, gene al accen ep esen s he mos common ype o English spoken in Aus alia; b oad accen is usually desc ibed as mo e ex eme (and associa ed wi h wo king class speech); cul i a ed accen is a p es ige a ie y somewha close o he B i ish RP (al hough ac ual speake s o he la e a e in he mino i y) (3TAA 2018). The Aus alian phone ician Felici y Cox belie es ha a p esen AusE emb aces h ee g oups acco ding o he manne o p onouncing wo ds: S anda d AusE, a ie ies o abo iginal English, e hnocul u al AusE dialec s (Cox 2006: 10). The posi ion o Aus alian English is used o be u he de ined acco ding o h ee ca ego ies: egional Aus alian dialec , a ian o S anda d English, inde- penden na ional language o he Aus alian con inen (3TAADB 2011). A p esen , Aus alians ope a e by hei own bulk o ocabula y which di e - en ia es in o ce ain sublanguages o language laye s. This ocabula y bo owed many wo ds spoken by B i ish and I ish con ic s ha a p esen ha e a ia ions in hei meanings: bush – ‘a u al e i o y’, ma e – ‘a iend’ (B E ‘a spouse’), paddock – ‘a ield’ (B E ‘a small enclosu e o li es ock’), s a ion – ‘a ca le o sheep a m’, o ie up – ‘ o s ick o he pole’, e c. Some o he loanwo ds a e conside ed unique: bluey – ‘a ed-headed pe son’, dinkum – ‘ ue, au hen ic’, b umby – ‘a wild ho se’, dampe – ‘a simple kind o b ead’, sheila – ‘a woman’, swagman – ‘a a ele ’. Some mo e wo ds a e inco po a ed om local abo iginal languages as names o people: koo i – ‘an abo iginal pe son’, jacka oo – ‘an ag i- cul u al wo ke ’; my hology: alche inga – ‘d eam ime’, bunyip – ‘a wa e mon- s e ’, yowie – ‘an ape-like mons e ’; lo a and auna: bind-eya – coolibah (any o se e al eucalyp s), bilby (a kind o a abbi ), galah (a pink and g ey cocka oo), joey (a baby kanga oo), jumbuck (a sheep), kanga oo, koala, os ich, quokka and wallaby (small and mid-sized kanga oos), quoll (a kind o a ma supial), yabby (any o se e al eshwa e c ay ish); na u al phenomena: billabong – ‘an a m o a i e made by wa e lowing om he main s eam’, bombo a – ‘a wa e o med o e a ee o ock’, gilgai – ‘a e ain o low elie wi h hollows, ims, and mounds’; a ms: boome ang; musical ins umen s: didge idoo, yidaki (wind ins umen s); ac ions: cooee – ‘a high-pi ched call’, yakka – ‘ha d wo k’, bogey – ‘ o swim o ba he’, boo s’n’all – ‘ o do some hing wi h gus o’, e c. Besides, Aus alians ha e hei own colou ul e nacula called s ine ha o igina ed om Cockney slang and he I ish dialec o ea ly con ic s and LIUDMYLA NAUMENKO, LILIIA BILAS, VIRA PONOMAROVA 56 Ac a Linguis ica Li huanica LXXXII acqui ed he name o lash language. I is an in o mal, humo ous and me a- pho ic sublanguage o he ebellious subcul u e ha e lec s he o iginali y o he coun y. I is Aus alia’s g ea es c ea i e p oduc ha can be i onic and sel -dep eca ing, bu also ude, c ude and c uel (Hampshi e 2010). Aus alian slang, which is de ined as “in o mal language o speci ic wo ds used mainly in spoken language” (100ASWP 2020), is ull o abb e ia ions, p o ani ies and ulga isms, e.g.: a o ( o a e noon), Aussie ( o Aus alia o an Aus alian), ABC ( o an Aus alian bo n Chinese), ba bie ( o a ba becue), doco ( o a doc- umen ), oo y, oo ie ( o oo ball), smoko ( o smoking), elly ( o a ele ision), G’day, gidday ( o Good day), BYO ( o b ing you own) meaning ‘people should b ing hei own d inks, ood o desse ’ (AS); whi e maggo ( o an Aus alian oo ball playe , de og.), wog ( o a pe son o Medi e anean o Middle Eas e n descen , less de oga o y now bu s ill o ensi e) (TBGAS 2004: 120); p awn ( o a ool pe son, abusi e) (MOAWI); piss ( o bee ), piss up ( o a pa y), pissed as a new ( o d unk), a piece o piss ( o an easy alk) (UASD 2011: 46). The la e nomina ions bea ulga and ude conno a ions. In he Encyclopedia B i annica he no ion ‘slang’ is de ined by D. W. Mau e as “uncon en ional wo ds o ph ases ha exp ess some hing new o some hing old in a new way. I s colou ul me apho s a e gene ally di ec ed a espec abili y, and i is his succinc , some imes wi y, equen ly impe inen social c i icism ha gi es slang i s cha ac e is ic la ou ” (Mau e 2020). These wo ds co e- spond o he de ini ion o slang by Uk ainian schola Lesia S a y s’ka: “Slang is a linguis ic en i onmen o communica ion o a g ea numbe o people which is e alua ed by he socie y as exp essi ely non-o icial, e e yday, amilia ” (S a y s’ka 2005: 24). J. Hun e , he edi o o The T ue Blue Guide o Aus alian Slang, ema ks: “Aus alians a e known o hei in o mali y and laid-back na u e, and his is e lec ed in hei libe al use o colou ul and amusing slang” (TBGAS 2004). Aussies a e a he libe al in hei language beha iou , hey use jokes and me apho s, hymes, cu ses, dysphemisms, sexual innuendo, wo ds exp essing idiosync asies. The Aussie slang has become a casual, in o mal, com- mon alk o he coun y ha alues i ele an wi , humo , i ony and sel -dep e- ca ion. Such ph ases as budgie smuggle s (‘a man’s swimming cos ume’), dingo’s b eak as (‘no b eak as a all’), ducks on he pond (‘women a e coming’) (ASDKN 2018) became ypical o e e yday communica ion o na i e Aus alians. 2.2. Me hodology The me hodology o he esea ch is based on he wo ks o Aus alian lexi- cologis J. R. L. Be na d (1969) and phone ician Felici y Cox (2006) de o ed S aipsniai / A icles 57 The Lexical-Seman ic G oup ‘Aussie’ in Con empo a y Aus alian Slang o he egional and local a ie ies o AusE, i.e., i s p onuncia ion a ian s and lexical-seman ic di e en ia ion. So, he esea ch is ocused on Aus alian slang as a sociolinguis ic phenomenon. The me hodology applied includes he me h- ods o wo d de ini ions and compa ison o meanings o slang wo ds in di e - en lexicog aphical and In e ne sou ces, componen ial analysis o he lexeme Aussie, lexical-seman ic and s ylis ic analyses o he membe s o he synony- mous ows o LSVs. The heo e ical backg ound o he esea ch is suppo ed by he gene ally accep ed idea o he sys emic o ganisa ion o a language o a sub- language, Aus alian slang in pa icula . The p esump ion o his poin o iew is based, on he one hand, on Fe dinand de Saussu e’s heo y o a language as a hie a chical sys em o ela ions: “In a language e e y hing is based on ela ions” (Saussu e 1916: 122) – linea / syn agma ic, pa adygma ic, associa i e, opposi- ional, iden ical, equi alen , simila , complemen a y, con as i e, o inclusion / exclusion, cause- esul , hyponym-hype onym, e c.; on he o he hand, on he sys emic-s uc u al o ganisa ion o he language ocabula y in lexical-seman ic ields (LSF), lexical-seman ic g oups (LSG), synonymous ows (SR), hema ic g oups (TG), e c. (Le y skiy 2012: 271). A lexical-seman ic g oup o wo ds is unde s ood as “a se o di e en ly s uc- u ed uni s o med on he basis o he common seman ic ke nel which de e - mines dependence and ela ions o i s elemen s as uni s o he language sys em” (K ekhno 2005: 25). Acco ding o L. M. Vasilie , a lexical-seman ic g oup is conside ed “a class o wo ds (lexemes) uni ed a leas by one lexical pa adig- ma ic sema” (Vasilie 1971: 109). P ominen Uk ainian schola V. V. Le i skiy p oposes se en di e en ial c i- e ia o dis inguish an LSG om o he lexical mic osys ems, i.e.: 1) he lin- guis ic / ex a-linguis ic de e mina ion o lexical links; 2) he ype o s uc- u al ela ions (commu a ion / subs i u ion) in he amewo k o a mic osys em; 3) he ype and place o a g oup name; 4) he ma e ial / ideal deno a um; 5) he disc e eness / non-disc e eness o nomina ed objec s o he eali y; 6) he ol- ume o a g oup; 7) he con igu a ion o a g oup (one-, wo-, o h ee-dimen- sional) (Le i skiy 2012: 269-283). Acco ding o he i s wo c i e ia, an LSG is a mic osys em wi h non- ele- an ela ions wi h objec s o he eali y, and hus, he a angemen o i s lexis akes place on he basis o in e language ela ions – bo h synonymous and an onymous. Acco ding o he o he c i e ia, an LSG includes he wo ds which nomina e bo h ma e ial and ideal objec s, as well as wo ds wi h abs ac and conc e e meanings; he lexical dominan is a wo d-membe o he g oup; he elemen s o he g oup a e in he ela ions o commu a ion and subs i u ion; he olume o he g oup comp ises a leas se e al membe s, and i has a wo- dimensional con igu a ion. LIUDMYLA NAUMENKO, LILIIA BILAS, VIRA PONOMAROVA 58 Ac a Linguis ica Li huanica LXXXII As Russian lexicologis A. A. U im se a s a es, “ he basis o an LSG is a wo d <…> in i s a iable and complex ela ions wi h o he dic iona y uni s” (U im se a 2002: 4). Such a basic wo d (also name o seman ic dominan ) is a polyseman ic lexeme. Each o i s lexical-seman ic a ian s o ms a synonymous ow wi h o he wo ds which belong o his LSG. So, he lexical-seman ic s uc- u e o a seman ic dominan o an LSG, acco ding o V. V. Le i skiy (2012: 280), can be illus a ed by he ollowing scheme: ↗ a1– a2– a3– a4– a5 A→ b¹ – b² –b³ – b4– b5 ↘c¹ –c² –c³ – c4– c5 Scheme 1. Lexical-seman ic s uc u e o he seman ic dominan o an LSG Acco ding o Scheme 1, symbol A ep esen s a polyseman ic basic wo d o an LSG; he main LSV is ep esen ed by symbols a¹ – a² – a³, e c.; he emaining LSVs – by symbols b¹ – b² – b³, e c. and c¹ – c² – c³, e c. co espondingly. The nex s ep o s udying an LSG is o econs uc he seman ic s uc u e o he basic wo d, o ace ela ions be ween i s LSVs, o compose synonymous ows o each LSV, o make lexical-seman ic and s ylis ic analyses o synonyms. 2.3. Co pus da a The ga he ed co pus da a comp ise au hen ic Aus alian slang dic iona ies, ocabula ies, lexicons, i.e.: Aus alian Guide o Language (AGL), Aus alian Slang (AS), Aussie Slang Dic iona y (ASD 2004), Aussie Slang Dic iona y. Koala. ne (ASDKN 2018), Aus alian Slang and O he Local Lingo (ASOLL 2017), Dic iona y o Aus alian Slang (DAS), Concise New Pa idge Dic iona y o Slang and Uncon en ional English (CNPDSUE 2008), A Dic iona y o Aus alian Wo ds and Te ms by G. W. Lawson (DAWT 1997), Meanings and O igins o Aus alian Wo ds and Idioms (MOAWI), The T ue Blue Guide o Aus alian Slang by J. Hun e (TBGAS 2004), The Ul ima e Aussie Slang Dic iona y (UASD 2011), Wo d up. A Lexicon and Guide o Communica ion in he 21s Cen u y by M. McC indle and E. Wol inge (WLGC21C 2011), 100 Aus alian Slang Wo ds and Ph ases (100ASWP 2020), 125 Aus alian Slang Wo ds and Ph ases. A Guide o Aussie Slang (125ASWP 2015); In e ne esou ces connec ed wi h he opic unde sc u iny: C ow-ea e s, Sandg ope s, Banana bende s, Co ns alks and Mo e (CSBBCM 2016), E e Colou ul Aus alian Cu ency Slang Nicknames (ECACSN), Holey Dolla s o G ey Nu ses by M. Gwynn (Gwynn 2014), Slang: S aipsniai / A icles 59 The Lexical-Seman ic G oup ‘Aussie’ in Con empo a y Aus alian Slang Wha Aussies call o he Aussies, by F. Po ah and A. Middle on (Po ah 2013), Slang Te ms o Money. Cu en Denomina ions (STMCD), and he online pla - o m o cla i ying he meaning o pa icula slang wo ds: B owse he Aussie Slang Dic iona y (BASD 2020). 2.4. Recons uc ion o he LSG ‘Aussie’ The LSG ‘Aussie’ has been selec ed o he analysis om such conside a ions: i is nomina ed by a polyseman ic wo d (wi h a leas ou meanings) as well as i possesses he mos nume ous numbe o synonyms (231 lexical uni s) in compa ison wi h o he nomina ions (spo s and games – 50, place names – 40, poli ics – 24, mili a y ma e – 19) acco ding o ou calcula ions o slang uni s in he ma e ial esea ched. The nex s eps, wi h e e ence o he abo e-exposed me hodology, a e o elucida e he meanings / LSVs o he wo d Aussie, o econs uc i s seman ic s uc u e ( o de e mine he main and de i a i e semas and ela ions be ween hem), o build synonymous ows o each LSV acco ding o he explo ed lexi- cog aphical and o he ele an sou ces. Thus, he lexeme Aussie is lexicog aphically eco ded wi h he ollowing meanings: 1) ‘Aus alia’ (MOAWI); 2) ‘Aus alian’ (AS; ASDKN 2018; MOAWI; UASD 2011: 15), ‘an Aus alian’ (DAS), ‘Aus alian people’ (TBGAS 2004:10); 3) ‘Aus alian English’ (MOAWI); 4) ‘Aus alian dolla ’ (MOAWI). The main meaning o he wo d Aussie is ‘Aus alia’, he o he s – ‘an Aus alian / Aus alian people’, ‘Aus alian English’, ‘Aus alian dolla ’ – being i s de i - a i es. They o igina ed on he basis o he main meaning by me onymic ans- e ence and co espond o i as ‘ he pa ’ o ‘ he whole’, hus o ming he lexi- cal-seman ic ela ions ‘ he whole – he pa ’. The i s meaning / LSV ‘Aus alia’ ( he basic sema ‘coun y’) o ms he ol- lowing ow o synonyms ep esen ed by 13 lexical uni s: Bazzaland – ‘Aus alia’ (UASD 2011: 17); Down Unde – ‘Aus alia and New Zealand’ (ASDKN 2018); The G ea Sou he n Land; The Land o he Long Weekend (TBGAS 2004: 65); The Lucky Coun y – ‘a e m synonymous wi h Aus alia’ (ASDKN, 2018); Ne e Ne e – ‘ he cen e o Aus alia’ (ASDKN 2018); Ou back – ‘ he in e io Aus alia’ (ASDKN 2018); Oz – ‘Aus alia’ (ASD 2004; ASDKN 2018; DAS; UASD 2011: 45); RARA – ‘ u al and egional Aus alia’ (TBGAS 2004: 86); S aya – ‘Aus alia’ (125ASWP 2015), ‘sho o Aus alia’ (100ASWP 2020); Top End – ‘ he a no h o Aus alia’ (ASDKN 2018); he wide b own land / he sunbu n coun y – ‘ e e s o Aus alia’ (MOAWI). LIUDMYLA NAUMENKO, LILIIA BILAS, VIRA PONOMAROVA 60 Ac a Linguis ica Li huanica LXXXII The i s ow o synonyms is ep esen ed by slang uni s o med by: clip- ping o he al eady exis ing wo d in a o m o a syncope – S aya (Aus alia); abb e ia ion in he o m o an ac onym – RARA ( u al and egional Aus alia); compounding – Bazzaland; i e a ion – Ne e Ne e ; enaming. Renaming p o- duces pe iph ases on he basis o he ollowing seman ic ai s: ‘loca ion’: Down Unde – Ou back – Top End, The G ea Sou he n Land; ‘clima e’: he sunbu n coun y; ‘colou ’: he wide b own land; ‘pas ime’: The Land o he Long Weekend; ‘ eeling’: The Lucky Coun y, o allusion: Oz. I is in e es ing o no e ha he nickname Bazzaland was o med unde he in luence o he ca oon cha ac e Ba y (Bazza) McKenzie c ea ed by Ba y Humph ies in 1973 (CNPDSUE 2008: 39). The place name Oz ep oduces in w i ing he p onuncia ion o he oponym Aus alia. I s i s e idence as Oss appea ed in 1908; occasionally, he wo d was w i en as Aus, bu p onounced in he same way. P esumably, he o m was in luenced by ‘The Wiza d o Oz’ (sc eened on he plo o he ai y ale by L. F ank Baum), a ilm ha gained wo ldwide popula i y in 1939. The i s eco d o he wo d Oz in he meaning ‘Aus alia’ was ma ked in he wa ime newsle e in 1944 (MOAWI). The pe iph- asis The G ea Sou he n Land i s appea ed in he name o a single eleased by he Aus alian ock band Icehouse in 1982; he wide b own land and he sunbu n coun y o igina ed in he poem ‘My Coun y’ by Do o hea Mackella in 1908. The second meaning / LSV ‘an Aus alian’ / ‘Aus alian people’ ( he basic sema ‘inhabi an (s)’) o ms he ollowing ow o synonyms ep esen ed by 170 lexical uni s: ABC – ‘an Aus alian-bo n Chinese’ (AS); abo / boong – ‘an abo igine’ (AS); apple ea e – ‘someone om Tasmania’ (UASD 2011: 14); banana bende – ‘a pe son om Queensland’ (ASDKN 2018; UASD 2011: 16); b uce – ‘an Aussie bloke’ (125ASWP 2015), bushie – ‘a bushman’ (ASDKN 2018; DAS; TBGAS 2004: 27; UASD 2011: 21); cabbage pa che – ‘a esiden o he s a e o Vic o ia’ (AS; UASD 2011: 21); cane oad – ‘someone om he s a e o Queensland’ (AS); cock oach – ‘a pe son om New Sou h Wales’ (ASDKN 2018); c ow ea e / pie ea e – ‘a Sou h Aus alian esiden ’ (AS; ASDKN 2018; UASD 2011: 44); dinky di / dink / dinkum / idgy didge – ‘a genuine Aussie’ (AS; ASOLL 2017; DAS; TBGAS 2004: 36; UASD 2011: 55); Eas e ne – ‘a pe son om he eas e n s a es’ (UASD 2011: 28); geebung – ‘a na i e bo n Aus alian li ing in a emo e a ea’ (UASD 2011: 32); gumsucke – ‘a esiden o he s a e o Vic o ia’ (UASD 2018: 33); Joe Bloggs, Joe Blow – ‘an o dina y Aussie’ (DAS; TBGAS 2004: 60); mag- pie – ‘a Sou h Aus alian’ (UASD 2018: 41); mainlande – ‘a pe son om he mainland o Aus alia’ (UASD 2011: 42); Mexican – ‘a pe son om he sou h o Queensland o New Sou h Wales bo de ’ (ASDKN 2018); no m – ‘an a e - age bloke’ (TBGAS 2004: 74); Oz – ‘an Aus alian’ (ASD 2004); sandg ope – ‘a pe son om Wes e n Aus alia’ (AS; ASDKN 2018; UASD 2011: 50); swaggie S aipsniai / A icles 67 The Lexical-Seman ic G oup ‘Aussie’ in Con empo a y Aus alian Slang la e 20 h – he beginning o he 21s cen u ies; b) linguis ic cul u al – sou ces o bo owing slang wo ds om di e en English dialec s, abo iginal and o he lan- guages; c) social cul u al – o igin o slang wo ds in di e en social sphe es and subcul u es: poli ics, business, a my, spo , In e ne communica ion, he alk o con ic s, eenage s, bush ange s and beachcombe s. 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S aipsnio siekiniai y a nus a y i leksemos „Aussie“ seman inę s uk ū ą i jos leksinių-seman inių LIUDMYLA NAUMENKO, LILIIA BILAS, VIRA PONOMAROVA 70 Ac a Linguis ica Li huanica LXXXII a ian ų (LSV) yšius, ekons uo i „Aussie“ leksinę-seman inę g upę (LSG) i jos sino- nimų eiles, iš i i jos aizda imą leksikog a iniuose i in e ne o šal iniuose, aip pa a lik i jos LSV sinonimų eilių na ių leksinę-seman inę i s ilis inę analizę. P elimina ūs y imai apima Aus alijos slengo y inėjimą užsienio i Uk ainos moksli- ninkų da buose, a i inkamų šiuolaikinių žodynų, ezau ų, in e ne o s e ainių i in e ne o šal inių, ski ų šiam kalbiniam eiškiniui, leksinę-seman inę i lyginamąją slengo žodžių analizę pagal į ai ius šal inius, siekian išsiaiškin i jų eikšmes i kilmę. Ty imo me odo- loginis pag indas g indžiamas naujausiais semasiologiniais i leksikologiniais y imais i suponuoja a i inkamus me odus: žodžių apib ėžimų analizę, lyginamąją, sudė inę, leksinę- seman inę i s ilis inę analizę. Ty imo me u bu o nus a y a, kad leksema „Aussie“ u i ke u ias pag indines eikš- mes šiuolaikiniame Aus alijos slenge: pag indinė eikšmė – „Aus alija“ (pag indinė sema „šalis“), ediniai – „aus alas“ / „aus alai“ (pag indinė sema „gy en ojas (-ai)“), „aus alų anglų kalba“ (pag indinė sema „kalba“) i „Aus alijos dole is“ (pag indinė sema „pini- gai“). Pag indinės i iš es inės eikšmės a sispindi leksiniuose-seman iniuose san ykiuose „ isa–dalis“. Kiek iena eikšmė (LSV) suda o sinonimų slengo nominacijų eilę – žodžius i žodžių junginius, pa eik us šia skai ine o ma: „Aus alija“ – 13, „aus alas“ – 170, „aus alų anglų kalba“ – 3, „Aus alijos dole is“ – 45. Leksinė-seman inė i s ilis inė sinonimų analizė a skleidė: a) jų o ma imo būdus – a ik- sus, dū inius, umpinius, ab e ia ū as, hipoko is inius su umpinimus, maišinius (sulie us žodžius), (pa)ka ojimus; b) į a dijimo p ocesus – pe i azę, me a o inius a me oniminius pe kėlimus, an onomaziją, ali e aciją, asonansą, onoma opėją, imą, abliaciją / g adaciją, aliuziją; c) seman inius b uožus, paleng inančius jų kū imą – spal ą, dydį, medžiagą, unk- ciją, iš aizdą, socialinę padė į, ie ą, klima ą, p amogą, jausmą. S aipsnis a e ia olesnio Aus alijos slengo y imo pe spek y ą ski ingais požiū- iais: a) is o iniu – i smai šiais laiko a piais: XVIII–XIX amžiaus žemyno kolonizacija, Aukso ka š ligė (1850 m.), Pi masis pasaulinis ka as, poka io imig acija (1945–1960 m.), XX a. pabaiga–XXI a. p adžia; b) kalbinių-kul ū inių – šal iniai, iš ku ių galima pasisko- lin i slengo žodžius iš angliškų a mių, abo igenų i ki ų kalbų; c) sociokul ū inių – slengo žodžių kilmė ski ingose socialinėse s e ose i subkul ū ose: poli ikoje, e sle, ka iuome- nėje, spo e, in e ne o komunikacijoje, nu eis ųjų, paauglių, bušido i paplūdimio žaidėjų pokalbiuose. Į eik a 2020 m. balandžio 2 d. LIUDMYLA NAUMENKO Ins i u e o Philology, Ta as She chenko Na ional Uni e si y o Kyi T. She chenko Bl d. 14, Kyi 01060 Uk aine -naumenko@uk .ne