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Classification of culture-specific lexicon in British business media

Petrosyan Gayane Oganesova  (Candidate of Philology, People’s Friendship University of Russia )

Saitova Maretta Arbuevna  (People’s Friendship University of Russia)

The relevance of the study is due to the increasing role of mass information discourse, part of which is a non-fiction text, and the high frequency of use of words in it, conceptualizing the sphere of culture. The purpose of the study is to try to Supplement and expand the current list of culturological words of the English language. The aim of the study is to differentiate the culturally marked British vocabulary of business media, to analyze the functioning of the designated vocabulary, to highlight some aspects of its use in this type of texts. The definition of culturally marked vocabulary is given. The peculiarities of translation of cultural-marked vocabulary in non-artistic texts revealed and described. The question is raised about the principles of its classification, the solution of which, in the author's opinion, will improve and simplify the translation and understanding of the text. Examples of the use of vocabulary associated with the concepts already described in linguistic and cultural dictionaries are given, and new culturally marked words presented. The synthesis of associative and comparative approaches was used as the main research methods, the seminal analysis was used.

Keywords:culture-specific lexicon, allusion, translation difficulties, vocabulary with a cultural component, culturally significant vocabulary, nationally marked vocabulary, prototypes

 

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Citation link:
Petrosyan G. O., Saitova M. A. Classification of culture-specific lexicon in British business media // Современная наука: актуальные проблемы теории и практики. Серия: ГУМАНИТАРНЫЕ НАУКИ. -2018. -№12/2. -С. 161-166
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