Verbalization of the concept "House" in English fiction texts

The article presents a study of the artistic concept "house". By comparing the lexemes "house" and "home", common cognitive features and conceptual areas of the concept "house" were identified. Having analyzed the peculiarities of the use of the lexeme "house" in literary texts, it was determined that in the works of English literature the concept "house" corresponds to its base layer "the building in which the family lives", and also acquires new meanings in accordance with the author's worldview.