THE LINGUISTIC-CULTURAL CONCEPT YANKEE IN THE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE WORLD-PICTURE
The article is dedicated to the analysis of the nominative, connotative and image constituents of the concept YANKEE in the English-language world-picture and to the determination of discrepancies in the perception of this concept in the American and British linguistic culture. The bonds between the concepts YANKEE and NORTH have also been examined and an important role of the former in the conceptualization of the American North has been proved.