FIGURATIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF HUMAN PHYSICAL PROPERTIES IN THE GERMAN LANGUAGE

Bykova Liudmila Vladimirovna, Poberezhnik Daria Alexandrovna

The article is devoted to the study of the specifics of the secondary nomination, which characterizes the physical properties of a person in the German language. The work defines and describes the specifics of using metaphors in the German language that figuratively describe the physical properties of a person, which are one of the main characteristics of a person. The analysis of lexemes recorded in dictionaries reveals the predominance of metaphorical nominations with a negative assessment of a person. Metaphorical transfer in the selected nominations is carried out according to the following thematic groups: animals, mythological characters, literary characters and mechanisms.

Keywords:metaphor, secondary nomination, physical properties, metaphorical transfer, German