LANGUAGE MEANS OF REPRESENTATION OF THE CONCEPT “FRIENDSHIP” IN MODERN ENGLISH

Abstract

The article reveals the peculiarities of considering the essence features and fragments verbalizing in the form of corresponding units. Special attention is paid to the fact that the analysis of these units for the concept “Friendship” allows considering the specificity of their usage, on the basis of which the authors come to the conclusion about the possibility of interpretating the concept under examination in the light of emphasizing value dominants.

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• Published: February 1, 2016.

Keywords

• концепт
• антропоцентричность
• концептуализация
• концептосфера
• лингвокультурология
• concept
• anthropocentrism
• conceptualization
• concept sphere
• linguo-culturology

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