Comparative analysis of the concept BEAR in language consciousness of the Russian and Chinese people (on the material of explanatory dictionaries)
https://doi.org/10.20310/2587-6953-2021-7-25-25-32
Abstract
We consider the problem of language and concept in the framework of cognitive linguistics. The purpose of the work is to identify the mental differences in the conceptualization of the concept BEAR in the linguistic consciousness of the Russian and Chinese people. We present an approach according to which dictionary definitions are considered as a language representative of a concept called a dictionary word. The dictionary is considered as a collection of our knowledge about the world, which was formed as a result of its conceptualization and categorization. We compare different aspects of the lexeme BEAR in the “Dictionary of the Russian Language” (MAS) edited by A.P. Evgenyeva and the “Xinhua Zidian” edited by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences: interpretation of the word, its illustrative materials, including phraseological units. In the study of a foreign language, reliance on dictionary definitions allows us to use lexicographic representation of concepts as one of the active and initial methods for understanding and perceiving national mentality.
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Supporting agencies: The work is carried out as part of the project of the Fundamental Research Foundation of Southeast University “Research of the cognitive structure of dictionary entry in explanatory dictionaries of the Russian language”.
About the Author
Meng Wu
Southeast University
China
China
Meng Wu, Lecturer of Russian Language and Literature Department
2 Sipailou, Nanjing 210096
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Wu M. Comparative analysis of the concept BEAR in language consciousness of the Russian and Chinese people (on the material of explanatory dictionaries). Neophilology. 2021;7(25):25-32. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.20310/2587-6953-2021-7-25-25-32
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