FUNCTIONING OF CONCEPT “HOME/HOUSE” IN LEXICAL SEMANTICS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Abstract

The author provides the detailed overview of the meanings of the lexemes “Home” and “House” presented in dictionary definitions, as a result of complex analysis of language material models the concept “Home/House” reflected in the English language picture of the world, and singles out at the core of the concept of lexemes “Home” and “House” four basic levels (microfields): 1. “Hearth” (building, family, organization); 2. “Geographic Area” (native land, place of origin of smth. or smb.); 3. “Construction” (dwelling, building, family); 4. “Organization” (organization, institution).

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• Published: February 25, 2013.

Keywords

• лингвистическая концептология
• концептосфера
• концепт
• художественный концепт
• поле концепта «Home/House»
• языковая картина мира
• семантико-когнитивный анализ
• культура
• linguistic conceptology
• sphere of concepts
• concept
• artistic concept
• field of concept “Home/House”
• language picture of the world
• semantic-cognitive analysis
• culture

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