LANGUAGE: TABOOS AND EUPHEMIZATION OF THE CONCEPT OF “WOMAN” IN ENGLISH, RUSSIAN AND KAZAKH LINGUISTIC CULTURES

REFLECTION OF INCANTATIONS, OATHS, AND CURSES IN THE PHRASEOLOGICAL SYSTEMS OF UKRAINIAN AND ENGLISH: THE ASPECT OF UNREAL BEINGS

The aim of the study is to identify and compare the linguocultural characteristics of phraseological units originating from magical discourse (incantations, oaths, curses) containing the name of an unreal being, and to establish the ways they are reflected in the modern linguistic worldviews of Ukrainians and English s...

LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL SPECIFICS OF PAREMIA: NATIONAL AND CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE AND TRANSLATION CHALLENGES

Euphemisms of Birth and Marriage as Units of Linguacultural Concepts in Old English

The article describes the semantic features of Old English euphemisms for birth and marriage. For the first time, euphemisms denoting sexual relations, pregnancy, and childbirth were described and analyzed based on lexicographic and thesaurus sources of the Old English period. The conceptualization of these taboo pheno...

Typology and Methodological Framework of Kazakh Linguocultural Units

This article examines the typology of linguocultural units—one of the key objects of linguoculturology—and the methods used to study them, within the framework of the interrelation between language and culture. The main focus of the study is the formation of culturally salient units in linguistic consciousness (includi...

Phraseological Representation of the Category of Time in Russian, Chuvash and English: A Semantic and Linguocultural Perspective

The paper examines the semantic and linguocultural model of phraseological representation of the category of time in Russian, Chuvash, and English. The research material comprises lexicographic sources and fixed expressions with temporal semantics denoting duration, cyclicality, timeliness, expectation, temporal limit,...

LINGUISTIC MEANS OF EXPRESSING AXIOLOGICAL ATTITUDES IN THE KAZAKHSTAN AND ENGLISH MEDIA: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

The article analyzes the linguistic means of expressing axiological attitudes in modern English-language media discourse, as it is relevant in the context of globalization and the great influence of the media on the formation of public consciousness. The main research purpose is to study, identify and compare the means...