The influence of occupation on the structure of the worldview Cover Image

Влияние специальности на структуру языковой картины мира
The influence of occupation on the structure of the worldview

Author(s): Elena Erofeeva
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Институт за македонска литература
Keywords: sociolinguistics; occupation; language worldview; lexical semantic.

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the experimental study of the factor “occupation” influence on the structure of the language worldview. The research is based on the material of component semantic analysis of “naive” definitions of borrowed words, used extensively in the media. The analysis of data shows that occupation effects on the variability of the words meanings, that icon the structure of the language worldview. Differences in worldview affect mainly in detailing the fragments of reality that is more important to some occupation, as well as the nature of the detail values.

  • Issue Year: 10/2012
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 229-245
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Russian