REPRESENTATION OF THE CONCEPT ‘BOUNDARY’ IN THE ENGLISH LINGUISTIC WORLDVIEW

REPRESENTATION OF THE CONCEPT ‘BOUNDARY’ IN THE ENGLISH LINGUISTIC WORLDVIEW

Author:  T.Ye. Zhakova

Affiliation:  Smolensk State University

Abstract: 
The article presents a study of representing the concept BOUNDARY in the English linguistic worldview in connection with the conceptual world view. As viewed by the Anglo-Saxons, a boundary subdivided space into their and others’ and was objectivized in different ways. This is reflected in linguistic units of different levels.

Keywords:  linguistic world view; conceptual world view; space; representation; concept; boundary