THE CONCEPT OF CIVILIZATION IN THE LINGUISTIC CONSCIOUSNESS OF REPRESENTATIVES OF RUSSIAN AND CHINESE LINGUOCULTURES

Abstract

The article considers the place of the concept of civilization in the linguistic consciousness of representatives of Russian and Chinese linguocultures. This concept, according to Yu.S. Stepanov, belongs to the constants of Russian culture, and also, in accordance with the values of Confucianism, belongs to the key concepts of traditional Anhui culture of China. Despite the significance of this concept for Russian and Chinese cultures, it has not yet become the subject of comparative linguocultural studies. Taking into account the complex structure of the concept, the article considers both its verbal representation in the explanatory dictionaries of Russian and Chinese languages and the associative potential of the concept name according to the dictionary of associative norms and free associative experiments. The general and specific directions of association, indicating the national specificity of national conceptospheres, are revealed.