ASSOCIATIVE AND SEMANTIC COMPONENTS OF THE CONCEPT OF PATRIOTISM IN THE WORLD PERCEPTION BY THE RUSSIAN YOUTH

Abstract

The article examines the relevance of studying associative and semantic components of the concept of PATRIOTISM in the students’ perception of the world. The purpose of the research is to identify the content-based diversity of this concept in the linguistic consciousness of 3-year students of Financial University and to characterize its role in the Russian picture of the world. The scientific novelty of the study is expressed in determining the dependence of the perception of the concept of PATRIOTISM on gender differences, namely the moral and value representations of linguistic objectification, among which the concept under study is one of the brightest. The practical significance of the work lies in the fact that the theoretical provisions and practical results of the study can be used in the practice of teaching theoretical training courses “Lexicology”, “Semantics”, “Cultural Linguistics” and to develop methods of patriotic upbringing the student youth in the learning environment.