Hybridization of Special and common concepts (Based on legal terms comprehension)
The paper deals with blending cjmponents of special and common concepts in native speakers' consciousness. the issue is studied by means of psycholinguistic experiment. collegium the material is na?ve interpretation of Russian and english legal terms by Russian and english native speakers as dependent on the social parameters “gender”, “education”, “speciality”. Qualitative and quantitative componential analysis of na?ve interpretations demonstrates that semantic components of special and common concepts are blended in native speakers' conscience. this process is called concepts hybridization, while its results are considered as hybrid concepts. the paper shows that the structure of a hybrid concept depends on social parameters of informants; the most important of whichh is the “speciality” parameter.