concept LABOUR

The article deals with the research of the concept labour in the traditional world picture of the English language. This concept has a layered structure. The informative (notional) zone of the concept is to a large degree predetermined by its lexical representatives within the idioms, and the evaluative zone helps to reveal the attitude of the linguistic community to this phenomenon.

The article deals with the research of the LABOUR concept in the traditional and modern world pictures of the Russian language speakers. The analysis of the functions of those paroemias, which reflect the traditional lifestyle pattern of a Russian person, in modern periodicals renders it possible to elicit changes taking place in the society’s world outlook and the norms and value system.