The  structural-semantic field of dichotomy “one’s own – alien” in the English language world picture

Yuri Shepel; Olena Panchenko; Vira Zirka; Olena Fedina

doi:10.21744/lingcure.v5nS4.1557

Authors

Yuri Shepel
shepel7736@nuos.pro
Oles Honchar Dnipro National University, Dnipro, Ukraine
Olena Panchenko Oles Honchar Dnipro National University, Dnipro, Ukraine
Vira Zirka National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Olena Fedina Ukrainian State University of Chemical Technology, Kamyanske, Ukraine

Keywords:

cognitive linguistics, mentality, nominative field, opposition, typical verbalizers

Abstract

The article deals with the study of the value content of the dichotomy “one’s own – alien” in the English linguistic world picture. The novelty of the proposed study lies in the fact that the researcher does not proceed from a predetermined model of description construction, but the model is deducted from the material researched. The lexical units that can act as direct objectifies (keywords, cohyponyms and typical verbalizers) of the concepts “one’s own – alien” which are based on the idea of a stereotypical situation that explains the value content of the opposition in the English language consciousness, are analysed. The modern linguistic interpretation of the conceptual opposition “one’s own – alien” and verification of the research results is performed on the basis of analysis of dictionaries and media texts to compare associations with the concepts “one’s own – alien” of English speakers, to clarify the links of language units – representatives of the concepts “one’s own – alien” with the structures of knowledge about their denotations and with extraverbal reality, highlighting their mental characteristics and principles of functioning in English.

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