Structure of the concept “fear” in the consciousness of the Russian language speakers in the context of the emotional personality dominant variability
https://doi.org/10.26907/2782-4756-2022-70-4-66-71
Abstract
This article is devoted to the linguo-psychological study of the concept of “FEAR” in the linguistic consciousness of the Russian language native speakers.
The purpose of this work is to study the influence of the emotional personality dominant on the assessment and structuring of the concept “FEAR” and to determine whether the emotional dominant of a person influences the choice of this concept’s words-representatives.
For this purpose, a linguistic questionnaire was developed, where the informants were asked to rate the words-representatives of the conceptual field “FEAR” from 1 (minimal manifestation) to 5 (maximal manifestation) according to three scales (force of influence, duration of influence, frequency of usage). Also included was a “yes” and “no” question about whether the informant experienced the feeling or not. In total, the informants were asked to evaluate 10 representative words: fear, misgiving, horror, fright, nightmare, apprehension, panic, confusion, anxiety, horror and phobia. To determine the emotional dominance of the personality, the SPANA (scales of positive affect (PA) and negative affect (NA)) of the Russian-language analogue of the PANAS method was used. The results of the study suggest that the emotional dominant of the personality directly affects the evaluation and structuring of the conceptual field of fear. In particular, informants with a negative dominant of the personality use more words related to the conceptual field “FEAR” in their speech than informants with a positive dominant of the personality.
About the Author
L. Emelyanova
Perm State National Research University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Lyubov Vyacheslavovna Emelyanova, student
614068
15 Bukirev Str.
Perm
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Emelyanova L. Structure of the concept “fear” in the consciousness of the Russian language speakers in the context of the emotional personality dominant variability. Philology and Culture. 2022;(4):66-71. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26907/2782-4756-2022-70-4-66-71
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