TYPES OF FIGURATIVE MEANINGS IN MODERN KOREAN LANGUAGE (BASED ON THE MATERIAL OF KOREAN K-POP SONGS)

Abstract

The article deals with the varieties of figurative meaning as one of the important components of the Korean language semantics. The purpose of this study is to identify the peculiarities of using figurative meanings in contemporary K-pop songs and to characterise the meaning of tropes in the Korean language. The research material was the lyrics of contemporary Korean songs by the following artists: IU, BTS, TXT, I-DLE and Agust D. The analysis examined the classification of tropes (figurative meanings) found in the selected material. Particular attention is paid to metaphor, metonymy and synecdoche. The paper reveals the essence of the meaning of each of these tropes, their functioning in terms of cognitive and emotional aspects. The article analyses metaphorical transformations and metonymic transfers as characteristic features of figurative meanings in the modern Korean language. It is determined that the figurative meaning is derived from the direct meaning and is usually associated with it. There are cases of figurative use that are individual, figurative in meaning and characteristic only of selected contexts. The figurative lexical meaning resulting from such use of a word is usually not fixed in the minds of speakers and may not be recorded in explanatory dictionaries.The study reveals the semantic transformations of certain lexical units in K-pop songs of the modern Korean language and, on the basis of them, examines in more detail the peculiarities of the use of figurative meaning in Korean lyrical texts. It has been proved that the use of tropes in songs is a widespread phenomenon that is also characteristic of the Korean language. Tropes are actively used in fiction poetry and carry emotional colouring and add symbolism and imagery. The analysis and the results obtained may be important for deepening the study of literary translation, cognitive linguistics, and poetics.