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The idea of the Soul in Russian, French, and Chinese Cultures

Liberal Arts in Russia. 2023. Vol. 12. No. 5. Pp. 279-295.
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https://doi.org/10.15643/libartrus-2023.5.3
Golovanivskaya M. K.
Moscow State University named after M. V. Lomonosov
1 Leninskie Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Email: golovanivskaya@gmail.com
Yefimenko N. A.
Moscow State University named after M. V. Lomonosov
1 Leninskie Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia

Abstract

The authors examine the idea of “soul” in three linguistic pictures of the world - Russian, French and Chinese. The study is contrastive, the results are compared. The description of each idea is made according to a clear algorithm: the etymology of the word, the mythological roots of the concept, its compatibility, from the compatibility is distinguished real connotation according to V. A. Uspensky, a comparison of dictionary definitions is made. The aim of the study is to identify the peculiarities of the idea of “soul” in the Russian, French and Chinese languages. The purpose of the comparison is to see the similarities and differences in the worldview of different peoples. Scientific methods of the research are comparative-historical method, method of generalization, method of semantic analysis. This topic is understudied, no linguocultural studies analysing this idea simultaneously in Russian, western (French) and eastern (Chinese) cultures have been observed earlier, which constitutes the scientific novelty of the work. The results will contribute to mutual understanding between peoples, forming a kind of conceptual bridge, and will also be used in courses on regional studies, comparative studies of cultures, and in the teaching of the respective languages.

Keywords

  • • national worldviews
  • • contrastive research
  • • case
  • • linguoculturology
  • • semantic analysis
  • • comparative linguistics
  • • material connotations
  • • Chinese language
  • • Russian language
  • • French language

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