VERBALIZATION OF THE SUBCONCEPT PRODIGY IN THE NOVEL “MATILDA” BY R.DAHL
Journal Title: Записки з романо-германської філології - Year 2017, Vol 2, Issue
Abstract
The article is dedicated to the investigation of the peculiarities of verbalization of the concept GENIUS in the English language and speech, namely its structural part – subconcept PRODIGY. The research presents main aspects of the study of the phenomenon of genius in philosophy and psychology; analyzes definitions of the lexical units “genius” and “prodigy” in the English dictionaries; singles out conceptual features of the analyzed concept in the novel “Matilda” by R.Dahl. The following conceptual features of PRODIGY have been singled out on the basis of dictionary definitions: young age; intellectual power, talent, extraordinary / superior. The following conceptual features of the subconcept PRODIGY have been singled out on the basis of the novel “Matilda” by R.Dahl: young age, extraordinary intellectual power.
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L. Strochenko
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- EP ID EP389313
- DOI 10.18524/2307-4604.2017.2(39).118625
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