The concept of family in romanian mentality (on the basis of the associa tive experiment) Cover Image

Conceptul de familie în mentalului românesc (în baza experimentului asociativ)
The concept of family in romanian mentality (on the basis of the associa tive experiment)

Author(s): Liliana Trinca
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Biblioteca Ştiinţifică a Universităţii de Stat Alecu Russo
Keywords: association; stimulus; reaction; associative field; free association test; linguistic consciousness;

Summary/Abstract: The associative meaning of the word is a kind of "window" in the linguistic consciousness of the individual. With its help one can reconstruct the image about the world. Real world phenomena, acknowledged by man, are reflected in his consciousness, fixing the temporal, causal, spatial and even emotional relations, caused by the perception of these phenomena. All the associations can be interpreted as a model of linguistic consciousness, and in the opinion of psycholinguists one of the best ways to study it is the associative analysis. The article explores the associative field of the concept Family in Romanian. Despite being a universal value of any national culture, in the individual consciousness of the representatives of different ethnic cultures various associations and representations correspond to this concept.

  • Issue Year: 21/2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 20-27
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian