A comparative study of love concept In Chinese and Russian linguistic consciousness (the results of the experiment)

Boronnikova N., Chernousova A., Li Wenxu

Within the framework of intercultural comparison, a fragment of the national and cultural language picture of the world is viewed through the perception of the word Love. This concept is interesting for research due to the richness of its composition of component and its connection with national specifics. The article describes the results of an experiment addressed to the linguistic consciousness of Russian and Chinese informants. The subject of scientific interest was a naive interpretation of the concept of Love in these linguocultures. With the help of analysis of component, the similar and various semantic components of the word are identified and analyzed. The analysis of 80 informants (40 Russian and 40 Chinese) was collected through questioning confirmed the initial hypothesis about the presence of universal semantic components and nationally conditioned ones. Naive interpretation gives complex and objective notions, which allow one to draw conclusions about reality. From the point of view of national and cultural specifics, the naive picture of the world is a special "color", conditioned by the national significance of objects, phenomena, processes, a special attitude towards them, formed under the influence of national culture and the history of a certain people.

Keywords:national specificity, language picture of the world, linguistic consciousness, concept Love, naive interpretation, linguoculture