THE CONCEPT OF “WINDOW” AS A SUBJECT CODE OF CULTURE IN THE CHINESE AND RUSSIAN LANGUAGE PICTURES OF THE WORLD

Abstract

In the article, the authors consider a concept of “window”, which represents the basics of the subject code and its reflection in the culture of the Chinese and Russian peoples. A window is an ordinary, but indispensable household item in our daily life. Despite the fact that the word window is part of everyday vocabulary, preserved in the process of historical development, its semantic and semasiological features are constantly enriched and demonstrate their own viability. It is not only a tool for describing the objective world, but also concentrates changes in human knowledge of the world. Based on the theory of the linguistic picture of the world, the article uses the method of conceptual analysis to identify the linguocultural component of the concept “window”. The article describes in detail the main semantics and evolution of the concept of “window”: idioms and excerpts of their works of art are used as illustrative material to study and identify its cultural significance in the picture of the world of the Chinese and Russians, for further evidence of the existence of cultural similarities and differences between Chinese and Russian language pictures of the world.