The lexical aspect of the opposition "light – darkness" in the English-language newspapers "The Times", "The New York Times"

this article examines the light – dark opposition based on two leading English-language newspapers, "The Times" and "The New York Times". The main focus is on the analysis of the lexical unit’s light and darkness, which are considered both directly and figuratively. We have observed the variety of examples of these lexical units in both direct and figurative meanings. In addition, differences in the frequency of use of the specified vocabulary were revealed. The relevance of the work is due to the lack of elaboration of issues related to the multidimensional study of lexical units in oppositional relations, as well as the functioning of oppositions in a journalistic text. The purpose of the study is to study the lexical aspect of the "light – dark" opposition in English based on the material of the English-language newspaper editions "The Times" and "The New York Times". Based on this objective, we have outlined specific tasks: to examine different definitions of the term "opposition"; to provide the theoretical, lexical, and semantic justification of the opposition "light – darkness"; to consider the opposition "light – darkness" in a lexical perspective, based on the material of English-speaking newspaper publications "The Times" and "The New York Times".

opposition, light, darkness, semantics, synonyms, The Times, The New York Times