REPRESENTATION OF CONCEPTS DIGNITY/ VICE IN AVAR AND ENGLISH LINGUISTIC CONSCIOUSNESS

Abstract

The article depicts the concepts “dignity” and “vice” in Avar and English world views. The main task of the article is to study and analyse absolute and incomplete equivalents and nonequivalent or lacunary paroemiological units in the languages under study. The emphasis is placed on the lexical meaning of the words “dignity” and “vice”. The researcher represents the analysis of lexical transformations in Avar paroemias used during their translation into Russian. Methods of meaning extension, omission and antonymic translation are underlined during this research. The synonyms described in the analysis bring the basics of ethical and moral concepts to light. Such categories as dignity, patience sincerity, decency have their own specifics in each of the languages under study taking into account the ethno-linguistic universality.