SUBCONCEPT PRODIGY AS A STRUCTURAL PART OF CONCEPT GENIUS (BASED ON THE ENGLISH BIOGRAPHIES)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32589/2311-0821.2.2017.120849Keywords:
verbalization, concept, subconcept, conceptual feature, geniusAbstract
Introduction. According to Z.D. Popova and J.S. Sternin, representatives of the semanticcognitive approach, concept is a basic unit of human mental code, which has an internal structure
consisting of conceptual features; it is the result of the individual and social learning of the world.
Conceptual features contain comprehensive information about the corresponding object or
phenomenon, as well as the interpretation of information of public consciousness and the treatment
of the subject or phenomenon. Thus, the representatives of this trend treat language as one of
the main tools of cognition and conceptualization of the world. The study of concept through
the language isthe most reliable way of linguistic analysis which allows to detect conceptual features
and to work out the model of the concept. Purpose. 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. Methods. To achieve the aim of the work
the following methods of linguistic analysis have been used: componential, contextual and
conceptual. Results. Any analysis of the concept starts by detecting language units that represent
a given concept, their interpretation and vocabulary speech contexts. 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 popular-science biographies ofWolfgang Amadeus
Mozart and other child prodigies. Conclusion. 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 popular-science biographies: young age, extraordinary talent
and creative power.
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