Domestic Cognitive Model: Figurative Signs of the Moon and the Sky Concepts

The article describes a domestic cognitive model objectified by figurative signs of the moon and the sky concept structures. The authors determined the set of variants of the domestic cognitive model by updating the cognitive signs of the moon and the sky concepts. Using conceptual, descriptive, and interpretive analyses, they also highlighted the figurative signs realized in the cognitive models of the house. The research generalized the figurative and architectural signs of the Russian linguaculture, assigned to the moon and the sky. It revealed five main variants of the domestic cognitive model. Their presence in the linguistic worldview can be explained by several factors: 1. The importance of the topic for all native speakers. 2. Transfer, of signs of the habitable space of the earth to the sky and celestial objects. 3. Comparison of the developed and undeveloped space of the earth and the sky. 4. Biblical allusion to the Genesis, including the creation of the sky and the moon. Variants of the domestic cognitive model of the sky and the moon concepts were as follows: 1. sky – building / structure, e.g., a high rise with a dormer window; moon – lamp, e.g., candelabrum, lamp, light bulb, halogen lamp, horn, lantern, etc. 2. Sky – house / building, e.g., a house with a roof, windows, doors, threshold, floor, walls; moon – lamp, e.g., kerosene lamp, candle, etc. 3. Sky – tent, e.g., royal mansions, temple, church, military fortification. The moon has no place in this model. 4. Sky – yurt, e.g., a structure with walls made of felt in the form of a dome with a threshold separating the inhabited world from the alien. The moon is not represented in this model. 5. The sky – dwelling of God, e.g., a temple with a dome and a vaulted ceiling, an iconostasis; moon – lamp, e.g., a celestial lamp as sacred as the sun).

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