Abstract
Suggested research deals with one of the most unique phenomena of the English language – nominality and specific character of its speech representation , that of noun syntactization, or the ability of the latter to correlate and reflect means of world conceptualization by the English ethnos and to specifically represent this by means of the English language. Taking roots in English noun potentials, nominality is formed at the level of syntax in the form of multiple nominal chain groups the ability of which to expand is theoretically unlimited and is restricted only by the requirements of communicative process. This kind of functioning of nouns in an English speech allows to make a conclusion about noun syntactization or a kind of noun combination which results in a unique nominal structure often determining the speech itself. As a significant speech characteristic of English syntax it leads to the formation of linguistic characteristics, creating a specific nominal character of modern English. Being originally typical only of certain functional styles nominality broadens its representational sphere and becomes a characteristic of the whole of a language. Based on V. Humboldt’s theory on language being a means of viewing the world the author makes conclusions on English nominality as a specific way of viewing the world by an English ethnos, conceptualization of this world in people’s mind and, finally, representation of this world within a language. These statements are supported by linguistic materials and serve as an illustration of a specific nominal way of viewing the world by an English ethnos.
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