%0 Journal Article %T Colour naming as a means to present the concept of ¡®life¡¯ in N. Gogol¡¯s epic poem Dead Souls %A Alimpiyeva R. %A Sotnichnenko Yu. %J Vestnik Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University %D 2013 %I Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University %X This articles analyses lexemes with the colour meaning of ¡®white¡¯, ¡®green¡¯, and ¡®yellow¡¯ as representatives of meanings related to the concept of LIFE ¡ª beauty, hope, faith. The author stresses the connection between these lexemes with the ¡°living¡± images opposed to the lifeless world of Dead Souls. %K concept %K fiction text %K text function %K colour designators %K connotative attributes %U http://journals.kantiana.ru/upload/iblock/5c9/Alimpiyeva%20R.,%20Sotnichnenko_34-40.pdf