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)7356Research ArticleNonce-Wors as Bearers of Denotative and Pragmatic MeaningsZakharovaO SThe General and Russian Linguistics Department Philological Facultykaf_yazik_rudn@mail.ruPeople’s Friendship University of Russia150220132526008092016Copyright © 2013, Zakharova O.S.2013The paper deals with the problem of nonce-word meaning. Nonce-word is analyzed as a semiotic unit which possesses significant, denotative and pragmatic meaning. The correlation between different meanings is considered. The particular attention is devoted to denotative and connotative content of nonce-words: we research the causes of pragmatic information in unusual word, grammatical and semantic manners of its actualization and the interaction between denotative and connotative meaning of the word.nonce-wordsignificationdenotationpragmaticsconnotationmeaningcontentnonce-wordsignificationdenotationpragmaticsconnotationmeaningcontentокказионализмсигнификатденотатпрагматикаконнотациязначениесодержание