ANALYSIS OF THE LEXICAL-SEMANTIC GROUP “NORTH” IN THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE

Abstract

This article presents a classification of the lexical-semantic group (hereinafter – LSG) of lexemes that realize the image of the North in lexicographic resources. The relevance of studying this LSG is determined by the need to identify the underlying mechanisms that reveal culturally determined meanings, which shape the perception of the North as one of the national-cultural dominants in the Russian linguistic consciousness. The study of the structure of the LSG “north” serves as an effective tool for subsequent linguocognitive, linguocultural, and interpretative analysis aimed at modeling national mentality. This confirms the scientific novelty and theoretical significance of this research. Through continuous sampling from dictionaries, lexical units objectifying the image of the North were selected and grouped based on common and distinctive semantic features. As a result of the study, a classification of lexemes based on componential analysis of meanings is proposed. The research material includes dictionary entries from explanatory dictionaries edited by S.A. Kuznetsov, S.I. Ozhegov, D.N. Ushakov, V.I. Dal, and T.F. Efremova.