Abstract
The work aims to clarify the specifics of the notional representation of the conceptual triad MERCY – INDIFFERENCE – CRUELTY in Russian and English. The paper carries out a deeper analysis of the nature of interaction between the constituents of the triad under consideration to gain a better understanding of how the studied concepts in their interrelation are perceived by representatives of the compared linguistic cultures. The research is novel in that it is the first in linguistics to study the notional representation of the concepts MERCY, INDIFFERENCE, CRUELTY from the perspective of a systemic triad in Russian and English in comparison. It is revealed that the studied concepts, along with universal properties, exhibit the individual ethnic nature of relationships in the linguistic cultures under consideration. The study found that the Russian linguistic worldview confirms the essence of the triadic relations of mercy, indifference and cruelty, in which these concepts have points of interconnection. In English linguistic culture, mercy is contrasted with a dyadic tandem of indifference and cruelty, the boundary between which is not so clearly visualized, leading to one state merging into the other under certain circumstances.
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