PSYCHOLINGUISTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CONCEPT "WEALTH" IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK CULTURE

Abstract

The article deals with one of the extensive methods of the concept field formation, which is based on a psycho-linguistic experiment known as an associative experiment. In the formation of the nominative field of the concept there has been held an associative experiment with native speakers in Uzbekistan, the USA and Canada and we have made a cognitive analysis of the survey materials. Universal and peculiar features of “wealth” concept in the English and the Uzbek languages are revealed as a result of the experiment.