Concept "Star" in English Linguaculture: Notional Features
https://doi.org/10.21603/2078-8975-2019-21-4-1069-1077
Abstract
The article describes the notional features of the concept of star in the English worldview and focuses on those specifics of the representation of the concept that reveal the national consciousness of native English speakers. To describe the structure of the concept, the author analyzed dictionary articles, idioms, and synonyms. The analysis revealed 17 notional signs: a natural luminous body visible in the sky at night; a fixed point of light in the sky; hot balls of burning gas that emits its own light; a planet; fortune / destiny; horoscope; a celebrity; the main person in a film / play; an outstandingly successful person or thing in a group; an object or shape; a figure; a sign of rank / position; a star-shaped ornament or medal worn as a badge of honor or authority; classification of hotels; a white patch on the forehead of a horse or other animal; starfish; a sign of asterisk. The cognitive attributes "stellar body", "fortune / destiny", and "a white patch on the forehead of a horse or other animal" proved to go back to motivating features, which indicates their long-term presence in the language. However, a study of co-occurrence indicated relatively recent cognitive features. Examples were taken from classical English literature and the British National Corpus. A comparative analysis of the actualization of the meanings of the representative word in sentences showed that its conceptual features coincide with the data of explanatory dictionaries.
About the Author
A. A. Bakirova
Institute of Foreign Languages
Russian Federation
Bldg. 27, 13, 12th Line, Vasilievskiy Island, St. Petersburg, 199178
Russian Federation
Bldg. 27, 13, 12th Line, Vasilievskiy Island, St. Petersburg, 199178
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Bakirova A.A. Concept "Star" in English Linguaculture: Notional Features. The Bulletin of Kemerovo State University. 2019;21(4):1069-1077. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21603/2078-8975-2019-21-4-1069-1077
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