Uzbekistan state world languages university d. U. Ashurova m. R. Galieva

Conceptual world picture  a global image of the world and its essential features reflected in the individual’s mind as a result of his spiritual activity.

Cross-cultural analysis – is based on comparing and contrasting languages and cultures. It consists in cognitive interpretation of a) culturally and conceptually relevant language units in the text (linguoculturemes); b) universal and nationally-specific properties of language units including texts; c) cultural concepts manifesting particular domains.

Culture specific 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

Cultural categories – stereotypes, symbols, etalons, mythologemes and other signs of national and world culture.

Cultural code – a particular system of signs denoting objects of national and spiritual world, and which are categorized, structured and evaluated by the national communities. Cultural code defines a set of images that are associated with particular stereotypes in people’s minds.