THE WORLD AND THE FOREIGN: "MIR, VOLJA, SVOJ AND ČUŽOJ" AS RUSSIAN LINGUO-CULTUREMES. A COMPARATIVE STUDY WITH THE SPANISH LANGUAGE

Abstract

The paper begins by analysing some fundamental concepts of linguoculturology such as the cultureme, the linguocultureme, the linguoconcept and the theory of linguocultural fields. In the second part of the article, these concepts are applied to analyse the Russian linguocultural field of mir, made up of a set of linguoconcepts such as lad-pokoj-ujut-dom-svoj-stroj-teplota, and the linguocultural field of volja with its associated linguoconcepts (čužojprostor-razdol’e-udal’-razgul-holod). In the third part, the same methodology is applied in the case of Spanish linguocultural fields, firstly of mundo  (in its physical conception as all things as a whole)-paz-humanidad-propio-conveniente-armonía-acuerdo-casa-hogar-fuego-calidez; and secondly of mundo  (in its negative theological conception, and its derivatives such as mundanear-inmundicia (inmundo)-ajeno-extraño. This shows the similarities, but also the lack of exact equivalence of the linguistic visions of the world in different cultures and periods.