ASSOCIATIVE FIELD AS A LINGUISTIC MODEL OF PRIMARY PERCEPTION OF CREOLIZED TEXTS

Abstract

The article reveals a problem of studying the associative field as a linguistic model of the primary perception of creolized texts. The author’s work is based on fundamental ideas about the associative field in linguistics, as well as about perception in psychological science. Based on a psycholinguistic associative experiment in which 10 stimulatory creolized texts were used and 100 recipients participated, the author describes the process of primary perception through the formation and analysis of a linguistic model of the associative field. Using the example of two creolized texts, the author reveals the structure of the field represented by the core, periphery, negative, positive and single reactions. The author comes to the conclusion that the nuclear zone includes thematic groups corresponding to an iconic or verbal text; the periphery consists of thematic groups reflecting the directions of movement of perception from the core, which is expressed by thematic heterogeneity. The structure of the associative field is also represented by a positive or negative assessment of the CT content, which is reflected by evaluative vocabulary and emotionally colored nominative sentences. Single reactions reflect the directions of movement of the associative connection from the core to the infinite limit.