Peculiar features of the concept car actualization in modern speech of american drivers

Gimaev Yan A.

Aim is to identify the peculiar features of the concept CAR in modern speech of American drivers and compare them to the peculiar features of the corresponding concept in Russian drivers’ speech. The functioning of the words that show the peculiar features of the concept CAR is reviewed by the author. The main methods of research are linguistic observation, description, interpretation and conceptual analysis. The lexical and syntactic items representing the concept of a car in public consciousness of Americans is determined. The research results make contribution to the conceptual analysis practice.

Keywords:concept, linguistic view of the world, public linguistic consciousness, anthropomorphism, speech.