OBJECTIFICATION OF LINGUISTIC CONSCIOUSNESS AS A PHENOMENON OF THE OPPOSITION “FAMILIAR – ALIEN” IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PICTURE OF THE WORLD

Abstract

The relevance of the study is determined by the need to study the conceptual opposition “familiar – alien” in the English worldview, which is a fundamental category of culture and mentality. The purpose of the study is to identify the peculiarities of the functioning of this opposition in different genres of the English language, as well as to establish its role in the formation of cultural identities and linguistic consciousness. The article deals with the description of the traditional binary opposition “familiar – alien”, which is one of the fundamental binary oppositions of human culture in general. The opposition “familiar – alien” is presented as the one that forms the basis of all human cultures and exists at the present time. Such philosophical categories as “familiar”, “alien”, “other” are considered from the point of view of their acceptance / rejection by another society, a society of another culture and mentality. The author’s provability is based on the contrast of the chosen methodology of linguistic analysis and the already formed tradition in the social and communicative scientific paradigm. It allows realizing a comprehensive, syncretic investigation of the functional, context-oriented nature of the review. Linguistic analysis is based on the manifestation of opposition in the texts of various genres of the English language (journalism, urban nomination, official business speech) and media resources, interpreted using stylistic and functional pragmatic methodology. The complex interaction and mutual transitions of various language units within the opposition are traced. It is shown that the category “familiar – alien” permeates all the semantic spheres of a particular culture, revealing spatial, temporal, socio-cultural and other vital human and natural principles. This helps to indicate constant evolution of the review model: architectonics, the system of linguistic units and the most the main thing is functions. It seems that the opposition “familiar – alien” can be viewed not only from the point of view of antagonistic opposition of national, cultural, political and social realities, but also more mildly – from the standpoint of understanding by “familiar” and “alien” addressee.