THEMATIC GROUPS REPRESENTING THE CONCEPT AGE IN MODERN ENGLISH
Keywords:
concept, realization, thematic group, age, language picture of the world, synonym, periodAbstract
The present paper is devoted to the analysis and description of language units, representing the concept AGE in the English language. The topicality of the paper is preconditioned by the general orientation of modern linguistics on the cognitive linguistic approach as well as by the nessessity of a more detailed and profound description of the concept AGE, which is a unique fragment of the linguistic world model. The aim of the research is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the language units, representing the concept AGE in the English language. Concept AGE is represented by lexico-semantic field “age”, which in its turn is realized by means of several thematic groups. Lexical units used to construct each of the thematic groups are divided into 2 groups. The first one is represented by lexemes and word-combinations, nominating this age period. Second group is made up of units (belonging to different language levels) pointing to a person of this age period. As a separate group we have also singled out the one, being realized by phraseological units.
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