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The semantic diffusion is defined as non determining of the content of linguistic signs (the morphemes, words, word groups, sentences, texts), the indistinct character of borders between semantic categories in the system of language as well as in the linguistic communication. Semantic diffusion is a multiaspectual phenomenon, characteristic both for language, as and for parole. In the first part of...
The problems of the semantic diffusion in linguistic communication are discussed in the second part of the article, namely on the levels of lexical, sentence and text semantics. The author considers the indefinite character of the metaphorical expressions and because of this introduces a notion 'parasemy'. Phenomenon, which R. Dirven qualified as 'the minimal specification view', was examined in two...
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