The Lexical Means of Expression of the Core of the Concept “Baby” in the English Language

Golubeva Vera Valeriyevna, Petrochenko Lyudmila Anatolyevna

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The article deals with the analysis of the core of the concept “baby” by means of studying different lexical means that describe a child during the first year of his life. The core of the concept “baby” consists of physical characteristics: small weight, diminutive height, specific age, weaning; physical-physiological characteristics: the ability to crawl, toddle, utter separate sounds and syllables and psychological ones: the ability to cry, scream and smile.

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Issue: 4, 2007

Series of issue: Humanities (Philology)

Rubric: Modern Trends in Germanic Studies

Pages: 19 — 23

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