METAPHORICAL ACTUALIZATION OF THE CONCEPT BETRAYAL DECEPTION SEGMENT IN MODERN ENGLISH

Abstract

Language is one of the main tools of the surrounding world cognition and conceptualization. Modeling the concept content as a global mental unit involves the definition and analysis of linguistic means which objectify it. The structure of the concept contains conceptual, value and figurative components. The figurative component of the concept can include a vivid sensory representation (perceptual image), as well as a combination of conceptual metaphors that objectify the concept in language. The study of ways of the surrounding reality conceptualizing as a secondary reinterpretation does not lose its relevance given the fact that language as a way of accumulating knowledge and knowing the essence of a person is in the focus of modern scientific research. The analysis of the BETRAYAL concept metaphorical verbalization showed that the largest number of linguistic examples represent the «deception» segment. The conducted research made it possible to distinguish several thematic subgroups of the studied segment according to the methods of «false deeds and actions». Namely «deception-fraud» («deception-unfair trade», «deception-game», «deception-movement»), «deception-trickery», «deception-visualization» («deception-dazzle», «deception-illusion», «deception-restriction of visual contact», «deception-reincarnation»). The analyzed metaphors are formed with the help of nouns that determine representatives of the fauna – pig, pup, cat, pigeon, rook, prawn; somatisms – palm, teeth, eye, beard; blurriness – smoke, blear; clothing elements (headwear) – hood, caul, wool; artifacts – window-dressing, mirror. Verbs containing in their semantics semes to deprive of the ability to see – to blind, to make efforts – to draw, to pull; to move – to lead, to ride. The perspective of further research is the analysis of the investigated extralinguistic phenomenon verbalization in fiction discourse.