Expression of the concept of “emotion” in contemporary English-language discourse (based on material from female novels of the 21st century).

Abstract

The article analyzes the theoretical and methodological base for the study of emotions and concepts in modern linguistics. The relationship between the conceptual and nominative fields is revealed, where the conceptual field has a multi- level structure with the possibility of distinguishing the core, central zone and periphery, and the nominative field of the concept consists  of a combination of language means, objectifies the concept in a certain period of development of society. The conceptual component  of the structure of the concept of “emotion” is defined. The features  of actualization of the  concepts  of  positive  and  negative emotions in women’s novels by John Green are revealed. The frequency of occurrence of the concepts of positive and negative emotions in the art discourse is analyzed.