Abstract
The relevance of the research problem is conditioned by a significant position, that take up the academic values based on their linguocultural concepts in the modern world, the intensification of Russian-German communication in the field of education generating the need to create a comparative academic conceptuary. The article is aimed at a determination of the comparative characteristics of the academic concept of ‘university’ in the German and Russian linguistic cultures. The leading method in carrying out of this study is linguistic experiment (free association experiment). As a result of the experiment, it was found that the list of associated attributes that make up the core of the concept of ‘university’ in the associative-verbal network of German-speaking and Russian-speaking subjects of academic activities, similar to, but different degree of relevance of these features. The only significant difference fixed in the association experiment is the presence in the German linguoculture associative relationship with the freedom of the student community and the absence of such a mutual relation in the perceptions of Russian students. The materials of the article may be useful in lexicology of the German and Russian languages, training courses on geography and linguocultural studies of Russia and Germany, in the practice of Russian-German academic communication.
Highlights
1.1 The Urgency of the ProblemFor more than two centuries, from the moment of its foundation, universities are places of education and training bright individuals, “the place with which the subsequent life of those people who provide the most significant impact on the spiritual landscape of our time is connected” (Kurennoy, 2003)
The relevance of the research problem is conditioned by a significant position, that take up the academic values based on their linguocultural concepts in the modern world, the intensification of Russian-German communication in the field of education generating the need to create a comparative academic conceptuary
As a result of the experiment, it was found that the list of associated attributes that make up the core of the concept of ‘university’ in the associative-verbal network of German-speaking and Russian-speaking subjects of academic activities, similar to, but different degree of relevance of these features
Summary
For more than two centuries, from the moment of its foundation, universities are places of education and training bright individuals, “the place with which the subsequent life of those people who provide the most significant impact on the spiritual landscape of our time is connected” (Kurennoy, 2003). The development of the modern university does not remain the same due to life is always on the move. The university as the top of the higher education system begins to take more and more leading positions in a society. Universities set the tone in the development of any country, become leaders in society (Nalyotova, 2005). The ways of the development of universities, which are directly connected with the intellectual life of society, were analyzed in the last century by such outstanding scientists as K. Universities are the pinnacle of higher education, they occupy a key position in the society. In German and Russian linguocultures, the formation of universities was different. Linguocultural concepts based on academic values, the concept ‘university’ which we consider, occupy the significant positions in the modern world. The intensification of Russian-German communication in sphere of education creates a need to shape a comparative academic conceptuary, which determines the urgency of this research
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