Semantic structure of concept "health" in Lezgin and Ukrainian linguocultures
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The article deals with a comparative analysis of the concept "health" in the Lezgin and Ukrainian linguocultures. Common and distinctive features in its content and peculiarities of verbal representation have been identified. The concept semantic structure in Lezgin and Ukrainian is studied. The representation specificity of its nuclear, basic, and peripheral zones is investigated, with the most significant concept-forming features in the compared linguocultures being established. It should be pointed out that in both linguocultures the concept "health" is expressed by numerous multi-level linguistic means, which are characterized by variability and frequency of use in speech. This fact enables to consider the concept under analysis to be a basic category of both ethnic groups national consciousness. The conclusion can be made that the concept "health" refers to value universals with its semantic content and ways of verbal expressing being culturally marked and reflecting the national worldview specificity.
Author: Ветрова, Эльвира
Language: English
Topic: Language and Culture
Subfield: Linguistics and Language
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6930339761
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