Interpretation of the linguistic image in relation to language and speech (on the material of the synsemantic actualization of denotats of «homme»)

In this article, the views of scientists on the definition of the concept of linguistic image, its formation and lexicographic codification are analyzed. The formation of a comparative image at the level of language and speech is differentiated as stable and spontaneous. Semantic factors that contribute to the formation and choice of images in spontaneous comparisons are systematized, on the material of the synsemantic actualization of denotats of the noun homme