REPRESENTATION OF THE CONCEPT “DAUGHTER” IN RUSSIAN PRECEDENT TEXTS OF COMIC GENRES

Abstract

The concept of “daughter” is one of the constants of the human worldview. At the same time, it has pronounced national specifics. The purpose of the article is to reveal the conceptual characteristics of this mental unit in the Russian-language worldview. Scientific originality of the work lies in the fact that for the first time Russian language precedent texts of comic genres are used for the reconstruction of the above-mentioned concept. The authors focus on the detection of social processes and beliefs in Russian society that serve as a source of conceptual characteristics. In the course of the linguistic research, the authors have found that the concept “daughter” has the extensive representation in the Russian language precedent texts of comic genres. Peculiarity of the concept “daughter” derives from the correlation of the concept characteristics with the age of daughter. It is found that the concept of “daughter” is represented in three main aspects: a child, a teenager, an adult woman. The authors pay special attention to disclosing the interrelation of conceptual characteristics with social processes in Russian society, as well as with the psychological characteristics of personality development.