INTRODUCTION 3
1. THE NOTION OF CONCEPT IN PRESEN DAY LINGUISTICS 4
1.1 The nature of the concept 4
1.2 Different approaches to the theory of concept 9
1.3 Structural organization of linguistic concept 14
2. ENGLISH PROVERBS EXPOSING THE CONCEPT OF FRIENDSHIP 17
2.1 General notion regarding proverb 17
2.1 Semantic status of “friendship” concept 21
2.2 Semantic structure of «friendship» concept in English paramiology 24
CONCLUSION 27
REFERENCES 29