Image of Africa in the Linguistic Worldview of Modern Russian People
Authors
Natalia Shershukova1, Yulia Pogrebnyak2, *, Daria Vaganova1
1Military Institute (Engineering and Technical) of Military Academy of Material and Technical Support named after General A.V. Khrulev of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
2Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
*Corresponding author. Email: pyuma@yandex.ru
Corresponding Author
Yulia Pogrebnyak
Available Online 26 October 2021.
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.211025.014How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Geographical concept; Anecdote; Linguistic culture; Evaluative component; Africa
- Abstract
In this article the notional, figurative and evaluative components of the concept “Africa” are described as they are introduced in anecdotes in contemporary Russian culture. The analysis of anecdotes about Africa shows that the concept under consideration stands at the periphery of Russian people’s world picture and has mostly a negative evaluative component. Africa is considered by modern Russian people as an interesting, unusual, but very dangerous place to live. In our opinion, the negative assessment of the concept “Africa” by modern Russian people is mainly due to the idea of Africa as an “alien”, distant world, opposed to “their own world”, close and native.
- Copyright
- © 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Natalia Shershukova AU - Yulia Pogrebnyak AU - Daria Vaganova PY - 2021 DA - 2021/10/26 TI - Image of Africa in the Linguistic Worldview of Modern Russian People BT - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Language, Communication and Culture Studies (ICLCCS 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 86 EP - 91 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211025.014 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.211025.014 ID - Shershukova2021 ER -