The Concept Cunning in the National Languages and Cultures (Based on the Proverbs of Ukrainian, Russian, English and Italian Languages) Cover Image

Концепт Хитрость в національних лінгвокультурах (на материале паремий украинского, русского, английского и итальянского языков)
The Concept Cunning in the National Languages and Cultures (Based on the Proverbs of Ukrainian, Russian, English and Italian Languages)

Author(s): Yuliya Pys’Menna
Subject(s): Applied Linguistics
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: concept;CUNNING;proverbs;national cultures;

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the contrastive research of concept “cunning” on the material of Ukrainian, Russian, English and Italian proverbs. In question universal and ethnic semantic components of the concept are described; the attempt is made to cast light on its cognitive connections, the status in the conceptual spheres of the national cultures. Based on the language facts the conclusions are made about ethnic peculiarities of world outlook, cultural and value orientations of the nations.

  • Issue Year: 63/2015
  • Issue No: 07
  • Page Range: 227-236
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Ukrainian