ACTUALIZATION OF DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS OF THE LEXEME LOVE IN THE BRITISH MEDIA DISCOURSE IN THE CONNEXT OF EVOLUTION OF THE BRITISH LANGUAGE PICTURE OF THE WORLD

Abstract

The article presents the attempt to analyze the actualization of dictionary definitions of the lexeme love during XVIII – XXІ centuries in the British media discourse. The transformation of the language picture of the world is examined in the context of analysis of modifications of semantic structure of the lexeme love using British newspaper publications of the last four centuries regarding to the results of the analysis of lexicographic definitions. Using the systematic lexicographic analysis of the language picture of the world, the attempt to bind the national and cultural features of the English language to the socially-ethnic features of native speakers is made.