CONCEPT QUANTITY IN MODERN ENGLISH AS A BASIC UNIT OF CONCEPTUAL SYSTEM

CONCEPT QUANTITY IN MODERN ENGLISH AS A BASIC UNIT OF CONCEPTUAL SYSTEM

Author:  Svetlana N. Stepanenko

Affiliation:  Belgorod State National Research University

Abstract:  The paper studies the concept QUANTITY in modern English as a basic unit in the conceptual system, as one of the fundamental concepts in the conceptual system of a person. The author attempts to describe the content of the concept QUANTITY which includes basic and particular characteristics, creating the base for formation of a range of quantitative meanings transmitted by the lexical and grammatical means in modern English in the sentence-utterance.

Keywords:  concept  ◆  lexical conceptualization  ◆  grammatical conceptualization  ◆  basic conceptual characteristic  ◆  particular conceptual characteristics  ◆  "discreteness"  ◆  "nondiscreteness"

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Pages:  111-118