Daniel Everett and Cultural Linguistics
... and to examine the possible link with linguistic cultural studies. Everett’s definitions of language and culture are contrasted with those of various schools in linguistics. It should be noted that Everett does not appear to use the term linguistic worldview. Yet, due to the rich empirical evidence found and set out in his books and papers, Everett effectively summarizes the views on the subject of worldview. Everett’s standpoint does not show significant differences from those of Anna Wierzbicka,...
Schopenhauer and I. Kant in A. Fet’s philosophical and poe¬tical worldview (continuation)
This article offers an analysis of the influence of Kant’s and Schopenhauer's philosophical ideas on Fet’s worldview. The author demonstrates that the poet was not a strict follower of A. Schopenhauer, since he interpreted the German pessimist’s doctrine cum grano salis. The influence of Kant’s ideas on A. Fet was, at least, not less significant.
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A literary image as a cognitive phenomenon
... concrete perceptible characteristics of an object or phenomenon with the subjectivity of the author’s individual mind. After the exploration of the cognitive approaches, a literary image is considered as a verbal sign representing the author’s worldview within the literary text. It is highlighted that while interpreting images it is important to pay attention to both the textual representation of the author’s intention and the readers’ perception of them, especially the emotional reaction....
The functioning of phraseological units with zoonym components in the Russian and Lithuanian languages
... considers the semantics of Russian and Lithuanian zoonym phraseological units and performs their semantic and structural systematisation. The author identifies the cultural linguistic features of fixed expressions containing a zoonym component in the worldview of native speakers.
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