IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONCEPT WAR IN FRONT-LINE LETTERS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR
Mel’nichuk Tat’yana Aleksandrovna, Ermolaeva Tamara Mikhailovna
M.K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University
Submitted: 14.11.2018
Abstract. The study is devoted to identifying the features of the implementation of the concept WAR in the front-line letters of the British soldiers of the First World War. The article deals with the field organization of the concept WAR and the verbalization of this concept on the basis of specific language material. The authors allocate the main thematic groups of words, by means of which the concept is realized. The quantitative and contextual analysis of word usage revealing the content of the concept WAR in the front-line letters is carried out. As a result of the study it is found out that the most representative lexemes are trench , shell , fire , march , gun , camp . These lexemes can acquire both negative and positive connotations in the context of the front-line letters.
Key words and phrases: концепт, вербализация концепта, реализация концепта, фронтовое письмо, война, war, concept, concept verbalization, concept implementation, front-line letter, ‘война’, war
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