Comparative reconstruction of the concept of "money" in English, French, Spanish, German and Russian

the purpose of the work is to describe the features of the semantic construct "money" in English, French, Spanish, German and Russian. The relevance of the work requires specifying the concept of "money" in these languages in order to further identify special features characteristic of various periods of Indo-European languages development. The scientific novelty consists in identifying the heterogeneity of semantic features of the construct "money" in English, French, Spanish, German and Russian. As a result of the work carried out, the asynchrony of the origin and subsequent evolution of the concept of "money" in these languages has been found for various reasons. The material presented in the paper can be used in the course of lexicology and lexicography, as well as in a number of other special courses at linguistic departments of universities.

reconstruction, the concept of "money", semantic features, terms