RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and SemanticsRUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics2313-22992411-1236Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)1633710.22363/2313-2299-2017-8-2-293-300Research ArticleThesaurus of Fairy-Tale Genre (the Study of A.S. Pushkin’s “The Tale of The Fisherman and the Golden Fish” and its Translations into English and Armenian)SemenovaSofia Novikovnasofiya.semenova75@yandex.ruKuban State University151220178229330030062017Copyright © 2017, Semenova S.N.2017<p>The article is devoted to the construction of the thesaurus of fairy-tale genre within the framework of fiction of A.S. Pushkin The Tale of the Fisherman and the Golden Fish. In this connection texts corpus (in Russian, English and Armenian) is studied. The researcher justifies the thesis that thesaurus way of knowledge systematization is given in thesauruses of different branches. They are important for specific information-searching systems where the knowledge representation is equivalent to terminological systematization in the definite subject area. In the research work hyponym-hyperonym relationship is presented as the leading factor of the thesaurus construction of the studied genre.</p>thesaurusfairy-tale genrefictiontexts’ corpushyponymhyperonymsemantic relationshipsubject arearepresentation of knowledgeтезаурусжанр сказкамассив текстовгипонимгиперонимсемантические отношенияобласть знанийпредставление знаний[Baranov, A.G. (1995). Dynamic trends in text studies. Stylistika, 4, 54—69. (in Russ).][Large encyclopedic dictionary (1998). Language studies / Ed. V.N. Yartseva. Moscow. (in Russ).][Pushkin, A.S. (1964). Selected Works. Moscow: Khudozhestvennaya literatura. p. 247—253. (in Russ).][Semenova, S.N. (2007). Cognitive and pragmatic features of discourse in the field of “Mountain ecosystems”: [dissertation]. Krasnodar. (in Russ).][Semenova, S.N. (2006). Thesaurus presentation of the field studies of “Mountain ecosystems”. Language and Thinking: Psychological and Linguistic Aspects: Proceedings of the 6th All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference / Ed. Prof. A.V. Puzyrev. Moscow-Ulyanovsk: Institute of Linguistics RAS; The Ulyanovsk state University. p. 163—164. (in Russ).][Pushkin, A.S. (1974). Selected Works (in two volumes). Moscow: Progress Publishers. Vol. 1. p. 187—193. (in Russ).][ՊուշկինԱ.Ս. (2015). Հեքիաթձկնորսիեվձկանմասին. Երեվան, Բուկինիստ. Ե. 3—19. (in Armenian).]