ENGLISH CONCEPT HAIR (motivation aspect)

Abstract

The given article deals with the investigation of the peculiarities of verbalization of the concept HAIR in English language. Main trends in the concept study in modern linguistics are being viewed in the article; structural peculiarities of the nominative units verbalizing the concept HAIR in the English language are being analyzed. According to somatic classification, three lexical-semantic groups verbalizing concept HAIR in the English language have been singled out, namely: “head hair”, “facial hair” and “body hair”. Two types of motivation of the investigated nominative units have been studied, namely, qualificative and relative. Metaphoric patterns of nomination have also been viewed in the article.

Keywords

• концепт
• вербалізація
• номінативна одиниця
• мотивація