Structural and lexicographic modulations of the lexeme marriage in the British linguistic world image

Abstract

The article presents the attempt to model the British linguistic world image of XVIII – XXІ centuries applying ethnolingustic and linguistic-cultural surveys. The paper considers the transformation of the linguistic view of the world in the context of the analysis of the semantic structure modification of the lexeme marriage using the lexicographical sources of Britain during the last four centuries. The definitions of the lexeme under study are schematically given in the chart in the original language. Using the systemic lexicographical analysis of the linguistic view of the world the attempt is made to connect national cultural features of the English language with social ethnic peculiarities of the native speakers. The point of view at the lexicographical products as the treasury of cultural and historical memory of the nation is given. The semantic structure of the word is considered through the tight connection with the hierarchy of ideas in the mental world model.