The concept of life as a fragment of the Russian language picture of the world in L. Petrushevskaya's texts

Jiao Fengyue

Life as the most important concept for a human being is the object of interest of representatives of various fields of scientific knowledge. This article is devoted to the reconstruction of the associative halo of the concept-word LIFE from the point of view of cognitive linguistics. As a part of the conceptual analysis, such a linguistic tool as "projective sense" is used, which is aimed at revealing a visual image of the name in the speaker's consciousness. The method of identifying projectors is the analysis of metaphor and comparison with the main subject. In L. Petrushevskaya’s texts the commitment to metaphorical compatibility is noted.

Keywords:concept LIFE, conceptual analysis, projective sense, metaphor, comparison, compatibility, L. Petrushevskaya's texts.