Linguocultural Features Research Articles

Linguo-cultural features of sky metaphorization and celestial light in russian poetic discourse

The article is devoted to the linguistic and cultural peculiarities of the metaphorization of the sky andthe heavenly bodies in the discourse of Russian poetry. Based on the analysis of the associative-semanticand emotional-aesthetic components of metaphorization, its linguocultural features are determined. Thefigurative and symbolic meaning of the tokens «sky», «heaven», «moon», «sun», «clouds», «stars» is determined. Metaphorization of the sky and the heavenly bodies in poetic discourse testifies to the dualityof perception of the sky and the heavenly bodies by the Russian language consciousness. The sky andthe stars are associated not only with light, brilliance and beauty, but also with cold, emptiness, indifference and lifelessness. The linguo-cultural peculiarity of the metaphorization of the Moon is based ontraditional mythopoetic views. In the Russian language consciousness and in the poetic works of Russianpoets, Heaven and the Moon are contrasted on the basis of «male-female». The emotional metaphorization of the lexeme «Moon» is built on this conceptual antithesis: the moon is a separation, sadnessabout a dream, a night without the moon. The article notes that the metaphorization of the sky and theheavenly bodies in Russian poetry reflects not only the artistic individual author’s vision, but also thenational-cultural one.

Репрезентація темпорального коду національної лінгвокультури в наївній (донауковій) картині світу

Time is not only a form of matter existence, a fourth coordinate, but also a category of linguistic culture, a phenomenon of a specific conceptual worldview. The present study aims to examine the linguistic and worldview phenomena which have specific linguocultural features, in particular, the temporal code which reveals a system of beliefs about time characteristic for the speakers of the Ukrainian language. The article describes the results of the reconstruction of a temporal fragment from a pre-scientific worldview. The study is based on the semasiological procedure of field modelling as well as etymological, component and syntaxeme analyses. It relies on the knowledge about word origin in the temporal group as well as about phraseological units containing words with the central seme of time and vocabulary characterized by a temporal connotation. The article elucidates two key associative vectors which guide the cognition of the temporal, namely, «time – human» and «time – environment». It provides data which reflect naïve beliefs about physics and psychology of time, coded in the Ukrainian idioms. The author examines the syntaxemic functions within phraseologisms based on temporal vocabulary. The axiological peculiarities of verbal contexts producing temporal semantics have been investigated and their utilitarian, teleological, and emotional evaluations have been described. The article offers arguments in favour of systemic connections between the temporal code of linguistic culture with the biomorphic, the objective and the somatic. The author explains that the words of the temporal group reveal deep etymological associations related to the human and the environment. In some Ukrainian idioms, the vocabulary bulk with the central seme of time is related to beliefs about mythical creatures. Due to this, such vocabulary bulk within the structure of phraseologisms mainly performs the function of the subject of action and the locative. Verbal contexts in which this vocabulary with temporal connotation is employed generate primarily negative utilitarian, teleological, and emotional evaluations. The vocabulary bulk with the semantics of time has no material denotation, and the realization of the temporal code of linguistic culture is systematically linked to the biomorphic, the somatic and the substantive.

Особенности российской и испанской национальных языковых картин мира в контексте современных глобализационных процессов

The article compares Russian and Spanish language world pictures in order to understand the deep national origins transmitted through the national culture and language, forming a worldview and influencing communication process with representatives of other nations and ethnoses. National language pictures of the world are a set of ideas about the world, the worldview basis of any nation, since language expresses not only reality, but also cultural archetypes that concentrate the mentality of the nation, which affects virtually all aspects of society and individual life. An attempt has been made to analyze the national language world pictures of Spain and Russia through the study of linguistic and cultural differences and similarities in order to comprehend existing cultural boundaries that are treated more broadly than purely linguistic ones. Intercultural and linguocultural features that emphasize the characteristics of the Spanish and Russian language world pictures are also analyzed, in consequence of which it was revealed that in addition to notable differences in the level of the lexico-grammatical and semantic structures of the language, a certain similarity can be traced between the Spanish and Russian linguocultures, mainly at the level of the most significant value bases. All this allows, first, to substantiate the high probability of forming a common field of argumentation, which constructs the prospect of a positive dialogue between these cultures; second, to suggest the possibility of optimizing the process of intercultural interaction through the strengthening of mutual understanding; thirdly, to show the real significance of linguocultural research from an applied point of view. As a result of the analysis, we came to the conclusion that the continuing cultural and linguistic diversity allows us to maintain the historical balance in the world, which is the basis for the development of mankind, the core of the vitality and identity of peoples and ethnic groups, and the understanding of the originality of national world pictures may in the future become an indispensable condition for preservation of the civilized world and a pledge of sustainable, harmonious development.

Linguocultural features of the number nine

Linguocultural features of the number nine

LINGUOCULTURAL FEATURES OF BRITISH TALES

The paper examines linguocultural features of British tales. The relevance of the study is determined by great interest of linguistic science to the issues of national and cultural specificity of folk texts, which is caused by peculiarities of historical development, beliefs, traditions and customs of native people. The objective of the study is to reveal national and cultural characteristics of the British tales by means of their linguocultural analysis. This paper is divided into three sections. The first section analyses linguocultural specificity of the British folk tales. These texts are characterised by the abundance of colloquial words, violation of grammar rules, and prevalence of simple sentences. Among the most frequently used stylistic means are graphons, parallel constructions, repetition, and inversion. We have also revealed male gender preference in folk tales. The second section examines linguocultural features of the British literary tales. They are characterised by the variety of lexical and stylistic means and a diversity of characters and plots. These tales reflect individual worldviews of writers and their aesthetic tastes. The third section gives an overview of adaptation of traditional stories to modern times. Retellings of classic stories appear to meet the needs of people of different ages or population strata, to satisfy the demand for emerging trends or to come alive on screen. Both types of tales express cultural peculiarities of the British people, describe their lifestyle, surrounding and world outlook. The results of the investigation can be effectively used for a further profound comparative analysis of sociolinguistic and linguocultural features of English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish tales.

Stylistic Features of Comment in Arabic Blogosphere

<p>One of the most important issues in the study of the functioning of the Internet language is the definition of the features of each Internet genre presented in online communication, taking into account the linguocultural features of the language in question. This paper studies the genre of the Internet comments of the Arabic-speaking blogosphere and reveals its stylistic features. The most common goal of the comment is gratitude, followed by praise. We created a corpus of comments from blogs of various subjects, and then conducted the tagging, having identified the group to which we attributed a comment, depending on the subject and the communicative goal. With the help of the Lexico 3 software, the most frequent lexical units were identified, the lexical features of the comments were described, the main one being the widespread use of religionyms, and the relationship between the blog subject and the stylistic characteristics of communication was revealed. The article traces the correlation between the literary and colloquial functional style in the comments, and also draws a conclusion that the comments are of a conversational, informal character. The main devices of expressiveness that are characteristic for both network and pre-network communication were revealed, and the tendency of the analysts to observe in the comments a stable three-part composition (greeting, message, final formula). The influence of traditional Arabic rhetoric, as well as the epistolary genre, was preserved. The results of the paper can be used when studying other genres of Internet communication in Arabic and in comparative studies to create the linguistic software.</p>

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES AS FOUNDATION OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION (THE CASE OF INTERVIEWS BY W.W. POZNER AND O. WINFREY)

The main purpose of the research is the study of the peculiarities of questions that are used in dialogues and conversations in the American and Russian cultures based on the interviews of famous journalists W.W. Pozner’s and O. Winfrey. The analysis has been carried out and it demonstrated the interrelation between cultural features of the American and Russian mentalities and the type of questions used in interviews. Questions for the research were collected from the interviews of W.W. Pozner and O. Winfrey. The analysis has been conducted and the classification has been developed. The types of questions in the resulting classification and its frequency of usage in the interview determine the mentality of the nation developed within the time. As a result of the project we have got the preliminary conclusion concerning linguocultural features of interrogative sentences that are used by conversation partners. These peculiarities let us emphasize similarities and differences in mentalities of communication parties and mark the necessity of consideration the cultural differences by the interpretation of dialogues.