Tasks in Cultural Linguistics Task 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. _____________________ 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 ___________________.
3. Interpretation of texts requires linguocultural ________________, that is the knowledge of national cultural values and priorities.
4. The __________________ 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 ___________________ world picture is the verbal explication of the conceptual world picture, a means of transferring information about the world, people, relations.
6. ________________________ 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. ___________________ 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. _________________________ 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 ___________________ character, and it is verbalized in the text by means of language units of all levels
10. _____________________________ 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.