The Concepts of <i>Priroda</i>, <i>Rodina</i> and <i>Narod</i> (<i>nature</i>, <i>homeland</i>, and <i>thepeople</i>) in the Russian Linguistic Consciousness

Abstract

The author describes the synergetic connection between the three concepts related to each other by their primary original meaning “rod” on the basis of his own cognitive method of analysis of reliable literary texts. As a result of the study it has been revealed that in their traditional sequence, the concepts Priroda, Rodina and Narod are united by rigid ties and determine each other in their interaction: Priroda is a condition of events presented as an image; Rodina is a cause of action presented as a notion; Narod is a goal presented as a symbol. Inner relationships between these concepts are studied across two chronological planes: the 19 th -20 th centuries and the 21 st century (present-day Russian). The Russian National Corpus was used as a source of latest Russian texts. It has been found that in their traditional sequence, the concepts Priroda, Rodina and Narod are united by rigid ties and determine each other in their interaction. The author has revealed the dependence of the conceptual content on the real situation of existence of the contemporary person: the interconnection between all three concepts on the basis of their original conceptual basis *rod has been lost. Each concept exists “by itself”; it is compressed to the minimum level of its state (all people - only my family; the primary cause of everything - a closed system; force - practical resources, etc.). This may be the results of the world fragmentation, of its disintegration to the “molecules” as a result of formation of clip mentality. The connection between the concepts is observed only in the consciousness and speech of creative persons, but the communicative practice of to-day has long forgotten it.