• Original research article
  • November 29, 2013
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STAGES OF POSITIVIZATION OF PLOT DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT FAMILY IN D. BROWN’S NOVEL «THE DA VINCI CODE»

Abstract

The article discloses the specificity of concept FAMILY use features as one of the dominant concepts motivating the main heroine’s actions of D. Brown’s novel «The Da Vinci Code». A special attention is addressed to the nonstandard situation of auto image development of the heroine under the influence of concept FAMILY negative type formation that is the base for the author’s conclusion about the great potential of the axiological component use of the given concept as strong means of new information interpretation by the main heroine of the novel.

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Author information

Elena Igorevna Trubaeva

Belgorod State National Research University

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  • Published: November 29, 2013.

Keywords

  • доминантный концепт
  • фрейм
  • концептосфера
  • слот
  • аутообраз
  • позитивизация концепта
  • концептуальная структура
  • dominant concept
  • frame
  • concept sphere
  • slot
  • auto image
  • concept positivization
  • conceptual structure

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