Вербальна об’єктивація концептів „FAILURE” і „НЕВДАЧА” в творах сучасної американської та української художньої літератури: перцептивно-когнітивний та регулятивний аспекти

Abstract

The article describes the features of the perception-cognitive and regulation macrostructure components of the FAILURE and НЕВДАЧА concepts in the epidigmatic plane on the basis of the text pieces selected from modern American and Ukrainian fiction. The analysis of these components of the concepts under consideration is carried out in the framework of the semantic cognitive approach by performing the cognitive interpretation procedure of the text pieces, the results of which have been used for formulating semantic cognitive features that constitute the perception-cognitive and regulation layers of the concept. The specificity of the regulatory aspect of understanding the essence of failure by the bearers of American and Ukrainian linguistic consciousness is clarified due to the semantic cognitive features that structure the regulatory zone of the concept macrostructure and update the strategies of the value and target block of the individual in the context of failure. It has been found that in the epidigmatic plane, in the process of conceptualizing failure by American and Ukrainian speakers, perceptual receptors dominate cognitive-mental thought projections. The visual analyzer is the most effective for the bearers of the American and Ukrainian linguistic consciousness in the context of sensory reflection of the failure category, the sound, taste, smell and tactile receptors are less effective. Cognitive subcomponents of the FAILURE and НЕВДАЧА concepts are structured due to vital and floromorphic metaphorical images; zoomorphic and aeromorphic images for the FAILURE concept as well as religious, aquamorphic and subject images for the НЕВДАЧА concept are considered nationally specific. The regulation zone of the FAILURE concept is significantly larger than the similar НЕВДАЧА concept zone, so for Ukrainian speakers rules and guidelines that help regulate areas covering the conceptual nature of failure are more important in understanding the failed outcome of action than for American ones.