Lecture 3 ICC

1.

Lecture 3.The Linguistic
Worldview in the Aspect of
ICC
1.Characteristics of the Linguistic Worldview (LWV).
Universal and Nationally Specific Features of the LWV.
2.Linguistic Gaps.
3.The Problem of Reconstructing the LWV.

2.

The term "worldview" was introduced into science at the turn of the
19th-20th centuries by G. Hertz and M. Planck, who wrote about the
physical worldview as the achieved and proven results of this science.
In the 20th century, it was studied in philosophy. The worldview is a
global image of the world, which is the result of all the spiritual activity of a
person and arises in a person during their contact with the world.
In linguistics, the concept of the "linguistic worldview" (LWV) traces
back to the ideas of W. von Humboldt ("language is the expression of the
spirit of the people") and the hypothesis of linguistic relativity by E. Sapir
and B. Whorf.

3.

THE WORLDVIEW (КАРТИНА МИРА) IS A SUBJECTIVE
IMAGE OF OBJECTIVE REALITY CREATED BY A PERSON.
• The conceptual
worldview is a system of
knowledge about the
world.
• The linguistic worldview is
the part of the conceptual
worldview that is
represented in language
("Language does not reflect
the world, but portrays it in
a symbolic way").

4.

THE LINGUISTIC IMAGE OF A PERSON
• "It is an embodiment of the essence of those
ideas of a person that are reflected by the entire
system of semantic units (words), sentences, and
rules of a particular language."

5.

"COMPONENTS OF LINGUISTIC CONSCIOUSNESS."
•Sensory;
•Logical-conceptual;
•Emotional-evaluative;
•Moral.

6.

SENSORY COMPONENT
• "Animal onomatopoeia (cf.
Russian kukareku and English
cock-a-doodle-doo).
• Color (Russian синий and
голубой vs. English blue)."

7.

Logical-conceptual component
Differences:
- mismatch in the scope of
meanings;
- different degrees of differences
in meaning;
-lexical gaps.

8.

WORDS DEFINING PARTS OF BODY
• "Mismatch in the scope of meanings (Russian
рука and English arm, hand).
Differentiation of meanings (in Russian, a person
has a лицо (face), while an animal has a морда
(muzzle); in Chinese, it is a single unit)."

9.

"CULTURAL-ETHNIC DOMINANTS."
• They define the national characteristics of
behavior and worldview, and are reflected in the
lexicon (in the elaboration of certain areas).In
the Russian language: душа (soul), судьба (fate),
тоска (longing)."