The lexical representation of the concept «anguish» through the signs of air.

Abstract

The scientific study investigates the problem of lexical representations of the concept «anguish» from the perspective of semantic-cognitive approach. The novelty of the research is to describe the cognitive model of lexical-semantic field of the concept of «anguish» through the air signs which reflects the concept of the study in the linguistic consciousness of native speakers. In order to gain access to the content of the concept as thought units the semantic scope of the concept is represented as follows: direct nomination of the concept (key word-represent of the concept, which is chosen by the researcher as the name of the concept and the name of the nominative field, and its system synonyms); derivative nominations of the concept (figurative, derivative); contextual synonyms; author’s individual occasional nominations; metaphorical nominations; stable comparisons with the keyword; figurative conceptual features that characterize the concept; literary texts that reveal the content of the concept which suggests that the features of the air represented by lexical synonyms, most accurately reflect emotions and structure linguistic consciousness.