Activities Activity 1

Activity 8. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words listed below.
interlevel information conceptual cultural concept title Linguoculturology competence language linguocultural field

1. Linguoculturology is a complex scientific discipline of the anthropocentric paradigm which studies the correlations of culture and language

2. Cultural information encoded in the text is of a gradual character because different texts are characterized by different degrees of culture-relevant information.

3. Interpretation of texts requires linguocultural competence, that is the knowledge of national cultural values and priorities.

4. The conceptual world picture defined as a global image of the world, as a synopsis of knowledge structures is reflected in individuals’ mind as a result of their intellectual activity

5. The Language, world picture is the verbal explication of the conceptual world picture, a means of transferring information about the world, people, relations.

6. Linguocultureme,is a complex, interlevel language unit, a dialectical unit of both linguistic and extralinguistic factors, the correlation between the form of a verbal sign, its semantic content and cultural sense

7. Title is a significant element of the semantic structure and aesthetic organization of the text, its compressive and concealed content, and an embodiment of its conceptual and cultural information.

8. concept ,a culture specific and nationally oriented unit, a multifold mental structure consisting of notional image-bearing and evaluative layers and characterized by emotional, expressive components and associative links.

9. A concept has an interlevel, character, and it is verbalized in the text by means of language units of all levels

10. Linguocultural field, a hierarchical system of language units used in the text and characterized by mutually correlated and interdependent meanings expressing a system of corresponding cultural notions.