Linguistic sensory of the interlocutor’s image in H. Boll’s novel “The Clown”

The purpose of study is to describe the sensory features of interlocutor’s perception by the main character of the novel by H. Boll “The Clown”. Sensory vocabulary representing odors, skin reactions and color combinations of clothes perceived by the protagonist of the analyzed work of art is chosen as the study material. The novelty of study lies in the fact that for the first time the verbalization features of olfactory associations in the novel by H. Boll “The Clown” are considered; for the first time, a quantitative analysis of lexemes-representatives of skin reactions is carried out in it; for the first time, the colouronyms that serve to describe the colour combinations of characters’ clothes in the novel are analyzed. The methodological basis of this study is the linguoculturological approach, which made it possible to interpret the results obtained in the cultural aspect. The relevance of work is determined by its purpose and the active development of linguistic sensory as a new direction of linguistic research. The analysis of the lexical means of expressing the interlocutor’s sensory perception in one particular work of art should be considered as a kind of contribution to the development of linguistic sensory. Sensory vocabulary allows us to expressively describe the internal state of the characters, their experiences, feelings, emotions, form their psychological portraits based on odors, skin reactions and perception of color combinations in clothes. The work may be of interest to specialists in the field of German studies, psycholinguistics, linguistic semantics, intercultural communication, cultural linguistics. Linguistic analysis of sensory vocabulary of works of art by other German-speaking authors seems promising, taking into account its cultural context.