HISTORICAL AND SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH LEXEMES NAMING THE AGE PERIODS “EARLY YOUTH” AND “YOUTH”

Abstract

Stylistically neutral units of the English language comprising the lexical field “age” and representing its fragment corresponding to the concepts naming the periods of early youth and youth are being analyzed in the article. The aim of the study is to establish the etymology, to monitor the diachronic development and to define the semantics of the lexemes that are names of the specified age periods and the names of people bearing the age characteristics of these periods. The specific character of the English national representation of the age periods in question is being discussed. Also, the semantic analysis of the means of verbalization of the concepts “early youth” and “youth” in diachronic and synchronic aspect is carried out.

Keywords

• языковая картина мира
• концепт
• возраст
• юность
• молодость
• language picture of the world
• concept
• age
• puberty
• adolescence
• youth