THE “ELITE CULTURE” MEGACONCEPT AND ITS SYSTEM ORGANIZATION IN TERMS OF THE STUDY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING SOCIETY

Abstract

The article analyzes the system organization of the macroconcept “ELITE CULTURE” as a part of the “CULTURE” megaconceptosphere. Special attention is given to the main reflections of the elite culture and their fixation in the lexicon of the modern English native speakers. On the basis of the analysis of the vocabulary units we tried to determine the system organization of the “ELITE CULTURE” macroconcept and to identify the main features of the modern English culture.