THE NOTIONAL PART OF TIME CONCEPT STRUCTURE IN MODERN ENGLISH

THE NOTIONAL PART OF TIME CONCEPT STRUCTURE IN MODERN ENGLISH

Author:  Eugene A. Nilsen

Affiliation:  St. Petersburg State University of the Economy and Finances

Abstract: 
This article is dedicated to the description of the notional part of "time" concept as viewed by English speakers and based on the results of a poll. The material obtained on the basis of paremiological analysis is also taken into consideration.

Keywords:  concept structure, metaphor, time as a valuable thing, time as a supreme power, time as motion, endless time, time as a container, time as a system of measurement.

Pages:  20-27