Linguocultural Approach Research Articles

Features of teaching Russian in educational institutions in Sri Lanka: the linguistic and cultural aspect

Introduction. Russian as a foreign language (RKI) is a basic element of the formation of linguistic and cultural competence of foreign language students and contributes to the improvement of their speech skills and the expansion of ideas about Russian culture, which determines the relevance of the undertaken research. The purpose of the study is to substantiate the importance of a linguocultural approach in the methodology of teaching Lankan students the Russian language by reading the works of Russian writers, in this case – on the example of the work of M.A. Bulgakov "Towel with a Rooster", as well as in the development of linguistic didactic material for teachers of the Russian Language in preparing students for the exam at the A2-B1 level of proficiency in Russian. Materials and methods. To achieve this goal, the authors use the following methods: the method of analyzing the collected data, the method of testing, the method of comparative analysis and systematization, the method of observation. The approbation of the developed linguistic didactic material based on artistic works was carried out on 150 Lankan students of the Gampaha Vikramarachchi University of Folk Medicine of the Republic of Sri Lanka, who took offline courses on learning the Russian language of the I.Ya. Yakovlev Chuvash State Pedagogical University (I.Ya. Yakovlev CHSPU). The effectiveness of taking courses using the developed linguodidactic material was proved by comparing the test results before and after the training courses. Results. The methodological development consists in the fact that on the basis of the adapted text of the work of art, exercises and test tasks have been compiled, focused both on analyzing the content of the work of art and on improving the skills of using linguistic units in speech. The exercises are accompanied by the necessary theoretical material (materials for reference) for both the student and the teacher. The system of exercises pays attention to the most common communicative situations in order to develop active Russian language skills in accordance with its norms. In addition to the linguistic material contained in the literary text, the exercises also use words and expressions related to the lexical and grammatical theme of the text, which contributes to an active increase in the lexical stock and understanding of the grammatical features of the Russian language. This method of writing assignments based on works of art allowed students to increase their interest in new vocabulary, develop their skills in using explanatory dictionaries, and also contributed to the development of studied grammatical rules not on artificially composed sentences, but through real text and communicative situations. The effectiveness of this technique is confirmed by the high results of passing the certification exam: out of 150 people who completed the training, 100 people successfully passed the exam and received state-issued certificates. Conclusion. The conducted research contributes to the teaching methodology of RKI. The developed didactic materials, taking into account the linguistic and cultural approach, have applied significance and can be used in teaching foreign language students the Russian language and in the system of their comprehensive preparation for the A2-B1 certification exam.

Linguocultural approach to the inner form and actual meaning of phraseological units with a gastronomic component (based on English, Russian, and Chechen)

Linguocultural approach to the inner form and actual meaning of phraseological units with a gastronomic component (based on English, Russian, and Chechen)

LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF LINGVOCULTUREMES USED IN HISTORICAL WORKS (BASED ON THE WORK “TEMURNAMA” BY SALAKHIDDIN TASHKANDI)

As a result of large-scale international communication, due to the growing scientific and technical process and globalization, attention has recently begun to be paid to the cultural aspects of these relations. The need to study intercultural communication has increased. Naturally, such communication is characterized by a clash of different cultures, and this, in turn, creates some barriers to communication. Currently, the change of the linguistic and cultural paradigm, rapidly developing times and globalization require paying attention to linguistic issues, but also to its cultural aspects. The solution of complex connections between language and culture requires a comprehensive linguocultural approach.

Potential of the Linguocultural Approach to teaching hieroglyphic writing for the Formation of a Linguistic Personality

Potential of the Linguocultural Approach to teaching hieroglyphic writing for the Formation of a Linguistic Personality

Development of linguocultural competence in teaching a foreign language

Relevance. Teaching a foreign language is associated with the assimilation of a number of educational competencies, including linguoculturological, it performs a system-forming function in learning the basics of a foreign communicative culture by students. In this regard, the programmes/technologies of mastering a foreign language by students are focused on optimising practical activities, considering the resources of intercultural dialogue, and reducing the risks of communication barriers. However, in scientific practice, there is a pronounced shortage of systematic studies concerning the problem of the development of linguocultural competence among foreign language learners. These circumstances determine the relevance of studying the stated problem. Purpose. The purpose of the study is the theoretical analysis and systematisation of scientific and methodological data, the implementation of a linguocultural approach in teaching foreign languages. Methodology. For an in-depth study of the stated problem, general scientific logical methods and methods of cognition were used. In particular, the analysis and synthesis of the material under study, induction and deduction were used as methods of clarifying scientific conclusions and expanding ideas about the possibilities of a linguoculturological approach in teaching foreign languages. Results. The study presents scientific data on the application of the linguoculturological approach in teaching foreign languages, considering various aspects of its application within the framework of the personality-oriented vector of the development of students' communicative competencies. Conclusions. The obtained scientific data on the application of the linguoculturological approach in teaching foreign languages allow considerably optimising the assimilation of the methodological foundations of successful intercultural interaction, choosing the optimal ways of applying knowledge in a multicultural dialogue by students. Furthermore, the theoretical developments of this problem can be used in choosing the optimal strategies for increasing the professional motivation of students studying foreign languages.

Coloronyms in water resource (on the material of German and Kyrgyz languages)

The article is a detailed analysis of linguocultural aspects of the use of coloronyms in professionally marked units, namely in the context of water resources. The paper points out the relevance of the study due to the comparison between the color concept in German and Kyrgyz languages in the spheres of human perception of water resource coloronyms and the relative insufficiency of research on color denotation and color perception in professional communication. This article uses a linguocultural approach, which serves to systematize extensive linguistic material and identify universal and national-cultural peculiarities in the use of color names in water resources. The results of the study can be useful for linguists, cultural studies, and specialists in the field of water resources, as well as for the developers of special terminological dictionaries and training materials for professionals working in water resources.

Media Text as an Object of Active Reading in the Digital Age of Media Development

The article identifies the problem of the inability of students (schoolchildren and students) to analyse art texts in general and media texts in particular in depth and to interpret them within the framework of the cultural paradigm of society. The reason for this situation is seen in the loss of motivation to read printed publications. The digitalisation of the information space has given rise to the phenomenon of ‘clip’ thinking among young people. Young people are able to find the information they need, but cannot always compare it with other facts, verify it and draw the necessary conclusions on the basis of logical operations of analysis and synthesis. In this connection, it is necessary, within the framework of media education, to educate an active reader capable of interpreting media texts competently and generating his or her own meanings based on culturally appropriate norms. Algorithms for analysing such texts are poorly developed in Russian methodology. One of the ways of forming an active reader can be the use of analysing the conceptosphere of a media text (linguocultural approach). The selection of concepts will help the reader to identify the problem of the media text, relate it to the socio-cultural norm, and create new meanings within the mental field of the nation. The novelty of the study is the proposal to evaluate media text from a linguocultural perspective. Relying on the works of such researchers as Y. V. Kazarin, L. G. Babenko, V. N. Telia and others, the author comes to the conclusion that reading and analysing a media text should be done taking into account its correlation with the culture of the people and social attitudes. Identification of concepts, creation and description of the conceptosphere (the basic concept and the immediate periphery) of the text will make it possible to identify the coincidence or inconsistency of the cultural tradition and the author’s intentions. It is such work that can become one of the elements of active reading in modern conditions, taking into account socio-cultural transformations. Thus, with active, conscious reading the reader becomes a subject of the media field, is able to enrich and even transform it.

Linguocultural approach to the study of the Middle Ages literature as a means of understanding the discourse of the modern English language

Linguocultural approach to the study of the Middle Ages literature as a means of understanding the discourse of the modern English language

ON THE ISSUE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF LINGUOCULTURAL COMPETENCE

This article presents a theoretical model of the formation of linguocultural competence by applying a linguocultural approach in foreign language classes, which was developed as part of the master's thesis “Linguocultological aspects of foreign language teaching based on media materials”. The article presents the history of the emergence of linguoculturology as a science, as well as the relationship of this science with “linguistic anthropology”, “anthropological linguistics”,“sociolinguistics” and “ethnolinguistics”. Aspects of the application of the linguocultural approach in the context of the formation of linguocultural competence are considered. Also, the advantages of using electronic authentic media resources for the purpose of forming this competence are indicated due to their fullness with certain markers - linguoculturemes, which are represented in the form of linguistic phenomena. It is noted that within the framework of the educational process, electronic media texts can be used to form reading skills in foreign language lessons. As an example of the application of a linguoculturological approach using linguoculturemes taken from electronic media texts, the practical training section offers an excerpt of an English lesson for students of non-linguistic specialties of the 1st year of the university based on the materials of the article “Meet the people who took an evening class ... and changed their life” from the online newspaper The Guardian. Key words: linguoculturology, linguocultural approach, linguocultural competence, authentic materials, electronic media resources, The Guardian.

A Linguocultural Approach towards the Study of Latin Medical Terminology

A Linguocultural Approach towards the Study of Latin Medical Terminology

The Role of Linguocultural Studies in Modern Times: Basic Principles and Method of Research

The author presents the arguments for the defining role of linguocultural studies at the present stage of the development of linguistics. It is noted that linguistics continues its search for the space of language studies in the light of integral human knowledge. Whereas structural approach views any language as an autonomous semiotic formation, “self-enclosed and self-supported”, as a rule, without taking into account extralinguistic aspects, which are studied in the framework of other humanities, anthropological approach is based on understanding language as a constitutive human property, as a part of humans’ daily living activities and their spiritual life. Linguistics has reached the point of studying language as an anthropological phenomenon and at this point solely linguistic analysis is not enough as it is insufficient to rely just on the traditional pattern including linguistics plus deep introspection or accidental, non-systematic knowledge taken from various humanities and sciences. It is suggested that anthropological “twist” in linguistics will let us overcome the long-running stage of spontaneous connection of the existing and potential linguistics. The article highlights the process of differentiation of linguistic approaches existing on the neighboring, but not identical, scientific platforms. At the same time the research conducted reveals the trend towards their convergence in the framework of the unified linguo-anthropological methodology. It is claimed that the defining role in this process belongs to linguocultural studies. The study deals with the basic principles of linguocultural approach. Various signs such as words, phraseological units and even the signs of the text size are used to identify the points of convergence between so similar, though not identical, branches - linguocultural studies and ethnolinguistics. The processes of interaction of mental structures and the language forms of their representation are explicated. Culturally marked signals in the semantics of language signs are identified and described.

UKRAINIAN OIKONYMY: STRATIGRAPHIC-AREAL, SOCIO-ECOONOMASTIC AND LINGUOCULTOROLOGICAL APPROACHES

Ukrainian onomastics today is an important part of the world onomastic science and occupies in it an important niche having fundamental theoretical and practical achievements in analysing all classes of proper names. To be fully integrated into world onomastic community, the scholars of onym space (both Ukrainian and foreign) have to receive complete information and follow state-of-the-art world developments in the globalized onomastic world [17].
 We performed a complex analysis of the outcomes of Ukrainian researchers of oikonym space of Ukraine that are dwelt in three areas: stratigraphic and areal, socio-ecoonomastic, and linguo-cultural in the present paper. The most important concepts of oikonym analysis were charachterised in detail in monographs and dissertations over the last eighteen years (2002‒2020).
 The results of archaic types of oikonyms areals, their stratigraphy, separate lexico-semantic and derivational models from the point of view of diachrony were synthesized within the stratigraphic approach. To spatially comprehend old oikonymy of Ukraine, according to the approach, is possible due to diachronic study of spellings of different types of names of settlements, mapping and statistical analysis.
 Socioonomastic and ecoonomastic approach is represented by the analyses of oikonyms from sociolinguistic and ecolinguistic point of view, and the necessity to standardize place names on the level of the state as a result of decommunisation policy.
 Linguocultural approach of linguistic and cultural onomastic studies demonstrates potentially concealed in the inner form of place names a background cultural and historical information. Considerable attention is devoted to associative and connotative origins of oikonyms (oikoculturonyms) considering the principles of anthropocentrism and culturocentrism.

Old English terminological word-complexes in natural philosophic worldview (exemplified by terms of astronomy)

The research focuses on the study of terminological word-complexes in Old English. Following a complex multidisciplinary approach, it addresses the linguistic evidence from the viewpoint of terminology, phraseology and linguoculturology. The article analyzes the role of terminological word- complexes from the Anglo-Saxon Manual of Astronomy in the semiotic segment of natural philosophy in the Pre-Norman linguistic community of England. The research is conducted mainly within the framework of linguocultural approach. The 27 terminological word-complexes under analysis belong to the sphere of theoretical and observational astronomy and are taken from the text of the 10th century Anglo-Saxon Manual of Astronomy. The system of methods includes analysis of dictionary definitions, componential analysis, phraseological identification, contextual analysis, etc. The research proceeds from the assumption that Old English astronomic terms subsume culturally significant information on the Early Medieval prescientific worldview. Most terms are substantive phrases denoting heavenly bodies and their characteristics, peculiarities of the Universe’s physical structure, and events of the astronomic calendar. A number of inherent characteristics, such as recurrence of use and metaphoric transformation of the components’ semantics allow for treating the terminological word-complexes as phraseological entities. The entirety of word-complexes falls into two groups of word-combinations of idiomatic and phraseomatiс type. The research consecutively puts to scrutiny the terminological word-complexes verbalizing the concepts ‘heavenly body’, ‘outer space’, and ‘orbital rotation’. Attention is paid to the volume and character of culturally significant information conveyed by the astronomical terms in context and demonstrating the natural philosophical interpretation of the physical world structure as different from the modern scientific views. A conclusion is made that further research of phraseologically bound terminological word-complexes pertaining to various spheres of knowledge is needed to reconstruct the complete picture of natural philosophic worldview for the benefit of phraseology, terminology, linguoculturology and history of English.

Linguistic and Cultural Component in Pandemic Coronavirus Discourse (German Humorous Texts and Metaphors)

Introduction. This article is devoted to the linguocultural study of humorous texts/metaphors which appeared in German during the COVID-19 pandemic. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the previously unexplored study of the linguocultural specificity of German-language humour in the context of the coronavirus pandemic. The relevance of the research is due to the interest of modern linguistics in the study of national specificity of humour.Methodology and sources. The research is conducted within the framework of the linguocultural approach using descriptive, comparative and interpretative analysis methods. The illustrative material is described and interpreted as a product of an individual's speech self-expression, marking and evaluating himself and what is happening within the boundaries of his (ethno)culture.Results and discussion. The main thematic dominant theme in the COVID-19 pandemic discourse is “us and them in the context of the new reality”. The study showed: the pandemic discourse is characterised by expressiveness and axiology, irony and self-irony, stereotyping and interpretation of self and self through the prism of others. Pandemic / self-isolation → stress → carnivalisation of consciousness represent the average German as a person who overcomes reality and evaluates it on the basis of ethno-cultural ideas about norms and patterns of behaviour in certain circumstances (the concept Ordnung). Some contexts illustrate an ironic reinterpretation of the concept of Sicherheit.Conclusion. The representation of reality is constructed on the basis of mentality and national stereotypes; within German culture, the contexts reveal a cultural distinction and, on the level of ethno-cultural comparison, a contradiction of cultural codes.

CULTURAL-NATIONAL CODE AND LANGUAGES OF WISDOM

The article highlights the issues of the linguocultural approach to the study of the lexical features of Kazakh and Russian languages. Language, being a mirror reflection of the mentality of the people, has a unique ability to capture and preserve cultural and historical information. It also acts as the main form of storing knowledge about the culture of the people, the phenomena of traditional and modern life, customs that reflect the national identity of spiritual and material culture. Ethnic diversity, national stereotypes of self-identification and perception of another culture are preserved and manifested in the language of native speakers and makes it possible to compare linguocultural codes and perceive them through the prism of the language of wisdom of a particular society

Linguocultural aspects of national and oriental characters

The article deals with the linguoculturological aspects of the characterological names of national and oriental peoples. The author draws attention to the problems of the emergence, development, and formation of linguoculturological science. In addition, the folklore heritage and works of Kazakh writers are studied in order to reflect the national character and reveal their linguocultural nature. Also, in accordance with the research objectives, presentation of Eastern norms, literary relics, folklore heritage of Chinese, Japanese, Mongolian peoples are considered. The article explains the similarities and peculiarities of Kazakh and Eastern nations’ characters using specific examples. One of the main goals of the research is the consistent study of this scientific discipline’s research object, considering linguoculturology as a new direction in modern linguistics within the framework of national behavioral names. The article uses cognitive, ethnolinguistic methods that reveal the linguoculturological features of character names, denoting the national-cultural code of Kazakhstan and the countries of the East. The problems considered in the course of the research allow us to pay attention to articles related to the comparative, cognitive, linguoculture of the ethnos and subethnos. At the same time, the author emphasizes the linguocultural significance of character in the analysis of the significance of the cultural code, the peculiarities of national verbalization with the help of scientific conclusions and examples of domestic and foreign scientists. From a scientific point of view, the author formulates the advantage of using the linguocultural approach in the study of national characters for individual ethnic groups. The presented material more or less contributes to the development of linguoculturology in Kazakh linguistics. Keywords: linguoculturology, linguocultural approach, national character, Eastern character, ethnoculture.

Axiological Culture of a Journalist in the Digital Era

The values of modern journalism are directly related to the era of a special informational narrative conditioned by ratings and the economic factor combined with the dominant information technology and the current confrontation between the traditional and the new. The research results are based on data from a three-stage survey conducted in 2018–2022 with the participation of more than 240 journalists of the Transbaikal Region and other regions of Russia aged 18 to 75.The survey was focused on identifying the civil, ethical and spiritual-moral views of journalists, the dominant axiological strategies of professional activity, determining the role of moral guidelines in the professional consciousness of the journalistic community and the specifi cs of ethical norms’ infl uence on the daily work of a journalist. The purpose of this article is to present a characteristic of a journalist’s axiological culture in the digital era, to identify the value dominants of his professional activity, determining their signifi cance, meaning and levels of experience, based on the conducted sociological survey. The research has been conducted within the framework of the linguocultural approach, which emphasizes the unity of culture and language in the process of creating and perceiving a media text, as well as the sociocultural approach, focused on the integrative potential of the media and the translation of values, which contribute to national identity. The article offers a defi nition of the “axiological culture of a journalist” as a hierarchical system of professional values, refl ecting unifi ed and socially signifi cant ideals and meanings, normative bases for acts of consciousness and behavior that provide the context for the journalist’s interpretation of reality and organize reality through an evaluative implication. The results of the sociological study have made it possible to identify the causes and conditions of professional ethics violations by journalists. The predominant motivations for informational interaction are formulated, value priorities in journalists’ work are identifi ed, and typical cultural markers demonstrating the actualization of memories in the “past-present-future” paradigm are singled out. The present article is the fi rst experience of systematization of the integral system of journalistic axiological culture on the basis of sociological material, which implies further interdisciplinary research of this issue.

Концепт «юрта» в киргизской языковой картине мира

This article presents an analysis of the concept of «yurt» in the Kyrgyz language picture of the world, based on scientific and theoretical studies and opinions about the language picture of the world. Currently, an urgent task in the Kyrgyz linguistics is to analyze the key concepts of the language picture of the world using linguocognitive, linguocultural approaches. In this study, we were guided by the works of such foreign and Russian scientists as V. von Humboldt, E. Sapir, B. Whorf, Yu. S. Stepanov, M. V. Pimenova, Z. D. Popova, I. A. Sternin, N. Yu. Shvedova A. A. Zaliznyak, I. B. Levontina, A. D. Shmelev, E. V. Uryson and others. As well as theoretical and methodological studies in the scientific works of domestic scientists, such as R. R. Zamaletdinov, Z. K. Derbisheva, B. B. Narynbaeva, G. K. words relating to all peoples are considered in the linguistic picture of the world as key concepts, one of which is the lexeme house. In the article, the concept of «house» in the Kyrgyz language picture of the world is explained by the lexeme «yurt». It is noted that the yurt is the main dwelling, which has a historical character, forms the way of life, shape of thought, rules of behavior of the Kyrgyz. It is assumed that the concept of «yurt» is a linguistic symbol that has a linguocognitive meaning, representing the space in the national consciousness, which is explored in the article. From a linguocultural point of view, in the deepest sense of the concept «yurt», the presence of linguistic symbols is considered, which in a social and social nature embody the homeland, native land, state, family. It is also proved that the concept of «yurt» is rich in meaningful information that has archetypal, symbolic images. Stable language means, phraseological, paremiological units in the Kyrgyz language are used as the main language materials in the conceptual analysis of the concept of «yurt». According to the results of the study, it was noted that the analysis of the concept «yurt» with the help of stable linguistic means contributes to the knowledge and development of the worldview, lifestyle, rules of behavior of the Kyrgyz.

Linguocultural approach in modern foreign language education

The article highlights peculiar features and aspects of developing the linguocultural approach in Foreign language teaching (Flt) to students of non-linguistic specialties of pedagogical universities in the framework of the cognitive-linguocultural methodology which serves as the universal conceptual basis for the theory of modern Foreign language education (Fle) and multilingual education in the Republic of Karakalpakstan.

ЛІНГВОКУЛЬТУРНИЙ ПІДХІД ДО ВИВЧЕННЯ АНГЛОМОВНИХ НОВОУТВОРЕНЬ

Problems of formation of new words in language are relevant in linguistics since its inception, but there is still no consensus on the understanding of neologism in the linguistic sense. In domestic linguistics, neologisms are studied from the standpoint of stylistic, psycholinguistic, denotative, structural and historical theories based on the criteria of novelty of origin, denoted by denotation, novelty of word form and meaning, novelty of unit use in literary language and speech of individual languages. In foreign linguistics, the lexicographic theory of a new word prevails, in the framework of which neologisms include words that are not registered in dictionaries. However, each of these theories has shortcomings due to its relativity in relation to the individual / linguistic community or due to too narrow a focus. In modern neology, the linguistic and cultural approach is promising, from the standpoint of which neologisms are considered as units with culturally significant information. The approaches studied exist due to the definition that neologisms are the result of human activity and can have a cultural impact. The need to develop a linguo-cultural approach is dictated by the fact that the content of neologisms is formed under the influence of both linguistic and culturological factors. The scope of neologisms is another criterion for determining these linguistic phenomena. As part of the linguo-cultural approach in neology, we focus on literary language. National-cultural marking of language new word is also revealed in the analysis of the system of meanings of new words and their associations in lexical-semantic paradigms. The interaction of language and culture is manifested in the distribution of new lexical items from different conceptual areas in different languages.