CONCEPTUAL SPACE REPRESENTED BY THE WORDS <i>DEFENCE, PROTECTION, SAFETY</i>
The article is devoted to the problem of identifying the notion of conceptual space. Concept is a general idea of some element of reality reflected by the collective consciousness of society. Conceptual space distinguished by a conceptual theme forms the corresponding concept sphere. The mental nucleus of the concept sphere in question is the idea of protection as guarding and defending that part of reality which refers to the responsibility of the subject. The conceptual space represented by the words DEFENCE, PROTECTION, SAFETY reflects different ideas of protection which are true for the English linguoculture.