KEY NATIONAL CONCEPTS IN THE ANGLO-AMERICAN POLITICAL DISCOURSE OFTHE XX-XXI-ST CENTURIES
The study is devoted to the analysis of verbalization of the key national concepts in the Anglo-American political discourse of the XX-XXI-st centuries based on the cognitive-discursive approach to the analysis of nominative units of the language. The functioning of the studied concepts in this type of discourse is characterized by the features of the political language and discursive practices of the United States, which demonstrate both common features of the national political discourse and specific features, as well as the correlation between the language and the nature of socio-political relations. The paper presents and describes the discourse-forming concepts of the Anglo-American community and national mentality at the end of the last and the beginning of this century and their reflection in modern English. The content of concepts changes under the influence of social, political, economic and cultural factors. The study highlights key national concepts that have a complex structure, create their own micro-conceptual spheres and reflect the characteristics of the American mentality through the prism of time.