Verbalization of the concept America in poetic texts of Walt Whitman

Abstract

The article deals with the key lexical units of political vocabulary in peoples’ lives in the poetry of Walt Whitman “Leaves of Grass” which are the parts of the concept America and help the author to create an all-embracing image of the country. Under the influence of the context their semantics acquires emotional, expressive and connotative colouring and meaning. Losing their denotative meaning these elements are transformed and help to comprehend fully the cosmic scope of Walt Whitman’s poetic picture of the world.

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Т. С. Михасів

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Т. С. Михасів (2016). Verbalization of the concept America in poetic texts of Walt Whitman. Науковий вісник Міжнародного гуманітарного університету. Серія «Філологія», 25(2), 78-80. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-459407