Zmiyova I. Linguistic and cognitive characteristics of the means of verbalization of the concept GOOD in the English language

The object of the research is lexical means of nomination of the concept GOOD and the members of the category it forms in the English language of the 14th – 20th centuries. The purpose of the research is to determine the linguistic and cognitive characteristics of verbalization of the concept GOOD and the category it forms in the English language world view. The methods of the research include the semantic analysis and cognitive modelling, the etymological lexicographical description, the component analysis and the analysis of semantic relations of synonyms. The novelty: For the first time in the research the stereotyped image of the GOOD in the English verbal world view is determined; two idealized cognitive models of the categorial concept GOOD are specified; the semantic and part-of-speech characteristic features of its name are described; cognitive metaphoric and metonymic models of presenting the concept GOOD in the English discourse are established; the radial conceptual category GOOD and its superordinate and subordinate categories are structured. Theoretical value of the research lies in the fact that its results make a contribution to cognitive semantics, the theory of categorization and conceptualization, they specify the principles of category structure, the development of metaphoric and metonymic models of knowledge mental presentation, the theory of the value-oriented world view. Practical value of the research is determined by the fact that its results can be used in the lecture courses on general linguistics (“Semantics”), lexicology (“Lexical Semantics” and “Synonymy”), in special courses on cognitive linguistics, in the research work of students and post-graduates, in lexicographical practice.