Verbalization of the Concept SIN in the English Discourse of the 14th–21st Centuries
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https://doi.org/10.26565/2218-2926-2012-05-02Keywords:
concept SIN, diachronic variation, domain, evaluation, lexico/semantic field, linguocultural concept, metaphor, metonymy, secular discourse, symbolAbstract
This paper focuses on the contents and structure of the concept SIN verbalized in the English language and their historical development in the English secular discourse of the 14th–21st centuries. SIN is defined as a linguocultural religious/ethical socioregulative concept. The semantic connections of lexemes-nominations of SIN integrated by the seme ‘transgression’ structure a lexico/semantic field with two microfields ‘transgression of moral / Divine law’ organizing the semantic space of the nominations of SIN as a network of concepts profiled within the conceptual domains RELIGIOUS and SECULAR. Cognitive metaphors of SIN involve conceptual groups “Physical object”, “Man”, “Animal”, “Plant” as source domains. Representations of SIN in metonymies include DEVIL, WOMAN, INDICATION, COLOUR and their explications motivated by the Christian symbols. The most significant diachronical changes take place in the evaluative aspect of SIN which shifts from negative to neutral and positive.
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