THE ROLE OF THE SYMBOLIC IMAGE IN THE INTERPRETATION OF THE NATIONAL PICTURE OF THE WORLD (ON THE EXAMPLE OF ANALYSIS OF THE IMAGE OF BAMBOO IN CHINESE LINGUOCULTURE)
DOI: 10.23951/1609-624X-2021-4-111-120
Introduction. The modern era of globalization and the expansion of intercultural communication creates new challenges and puts them to the solution of scientists carrying out their research in various scientific fields. The actual problem of the humanities is the description of national pictures of the world by modeling their fragments. In linguistics, the study of verbal means of objectifying conceptual meanings is of particular importance today. Among the latter, poetic texts stand out, the aesthetic orientation of which makes it possible to investigate the images present in these texts as linguoculturological and cognitive means. Aim and objectives. Explore the role of figurative symbolic means in the interpretation of a fragment of the Chinese picture of the world associated with the interpretation of the image of bamboo in ancient poetic texts. Material and methods. The material of the research is poetic texts of ancient Chinese authors. The units are linguistic means that embody one of the most common images in Chinese linguoculture – the image of a bamboo. The main research methods are contextological and lexical-semantic. Results and discussion. The peculiarities of the biological structure of bamboo and the diverse possibilities of its use in the life of native Chinese speakers determine the richest figurative potential of the nominated lexeme. The inclusion of this lexeme in a broad context significantly enriches the process of generating meaning. Linguistic means that objectify the interpretation of the image of bamboo in Chinese linguistic culture, in the textual perspective, get the possibility of their conceptual interpretation. The latter unfolds on the basis of considering the symbolic components of meaning inscribed in the national picture of the world at the level of its fragments. The directions of symbolizing the meaning of linguistic units nominating the image of a bamboo are revealed by considering the speech structure of ancient poetic texts of Chinese authors. Conclusion. The key manifestations of the symbolic meaning of the image of bamboo in Chinese linguistic culture, judging by the results obtained, can be called the options for interpreting the image of bamboo as a symbol of high morality, purity, peace, harmony and serenity. Such a symbolic interpretation does not contradict the basic dogmas of Chinese philosophy; it is based on an associative roll call that arises in the minds of native speakers as a result of a comparison of plant properties and human characteristics. Keywords: linguistic picture of the world, symbolic image, Chinese linguoculture, poetic text, bamboo image, lexical means, linguocultural analysis.
Keywords: linguistic picture of the world, symbolic image, Chinese linguoculture, poetic text, bamboo image, lexical means, linguocultural analysis
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