DIACHRONIC REPRESENTATIONOF THE CONCEPT ‘RELATION’ IN ENGLISH
The article discusses diachronic transformation of the concept ‘Relation’ in the English language over five historical periods from Late Old English to Classical New English. Evidence is provided of intensification of the syntactic and lexical component of gestalt structures verbalizing the concept ‘Relation’ while the morphological component is weakened. Correlation is established between changes in the representation of the concept and diachronic transformations within the lexical and the grammatical subsystems of the English language.