THE CONCEPT 'QUARANTINE' IN RUSSIAN-, UKRAINIAN- AND ENGLISH-LANGUAGE HUMOROUS WORLD VIEW

Tetiana PAVLYUK; Zoreslava  DUBINETS

doi:10.56378/PTDZ02122022

Authors

Tetiana PAVLYUK Centre de management de l'innovation, Nice, France
Zoreslava DUBINETS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56378/PTDZ02122022

Keywords:

quarantine, humorous world view, cognitive feature, Internet folklore

Abstract

The Purpose of the Study The article is devoted to the analysis of cognitive conceptual features of the concept 'quarantine' in three humorous language world views: Russian, Ukrainian and English. The aim of the investigation is to reveal the peculiarities of conceptualization of the main cognitive features of the concept 'quarantine' on the material of the modern Internet folklore genres, such as memes, anecdotes, aphorisms, jokes. The Research Methodology. Semantic-cognitive method was used to characterize individual categories of the analyzed concept and quantitative method to present statistical data. The Scientific Novelty. The article presents the first cognitive analysis of the concept 'quarantine' on the material of the Internet folklore in three linguistic humorous language world views. The Conclusions. Comparison of cognitive features of the concept 'quarantine' in the studied world views has allowed to deduce general cognitive features of its conceptualization, which include: inability of parents to adapt quickly and easily to a new role of the home teacher; and producing dependence on household actions, in particular overeating.

Author Biography

Tetiana PAVLYUK, Centre de management de l'innovation, Nice, France

Scientific consultant

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