Subconcept PRODIGY as a structural part of the English concept GENIUS

Abstract

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. 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 of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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Л. В. Строченко

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Л. В. Строченко (2017). Subconcept PRODIGY as a structural part of the English concept GENIUS. Науковий вісник Міжнародного гуманітарного університету. Серія «Філологія», 27(2), 126-128. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-461675