LINGUOCULTURAL DIMENSIONS OF OCCASIONAL LEXICAL FORMATION
Keywords:
lingua-culturology; occasional lexical units; language personality; connotation; national model of the world; linguistic creativity; cultural semantics; worldview.Abstract
This article examines occasional lexical formations through the lens of linguocultural theory, emphasizing the interrelationship between language, mentality, and the national model of the world. Occasional units are treated as individual authorial innovations that reflect both personal linguistic creativity and culturally embedded patterns of thinking. The study argues that language serves not only as a communicative instrument but also as a medium through which cultural meanings and mental structures are constructed and transmitted. Special attention is given to connotative meaning, linguistic personality, and the symbolic nature of language models that shape perception and interpretation of reality.
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