Linguocultural aspects of expressing emotive concepts in English and Kyrgyz artistic discourse

Abstract

Introduction:   Emotions and feelings, being the most important part of the inner world of a person, constitute the most important subject of depiction in artistic texts. The subject-logical meaning of each word is surrounded by a special expressive atmosphere, which fluctuates depending on the context. All elements of the structure of the artistic image are aimed at this: verbal and non-verbal means of representing emotions. Extralinguistic phenomena, such as the background and cultural knowledge of the authors, also work to interpret emotional meanings when perceiving a literary text. 
Objective:  The purpose of this study is to examine the problem of representation of emotions in artistic discourse through the linguocultural aspect.The object of the study is some somatisms of emotions and emotional state in the novel by W. Scott "Rob Roy" and Syngan kylych by T. Kasymbekova.
Methods: To solve the tasks set before the study, the following methods were used: the method of continuous sampling to identify emotive lexemes; the method of classifying lexical and phraseological means of language expressing human emotions in a literary text; the interpretative method, the method of comparative typology and the method of systematizing a group of somatisms and lexemes denoting emotions in the English and Kyrgyz languages.
Results: The article examines the features and complexities of conceptualizing the concept of "emotion" in the context of the formation of a national image of the world; a partial selection of verbal and non-verbal ways of expressing emotions from the novels of the English classic W. Scott "Rob Roy" (1817) and the Kyrgyz writer T. Kasymbekov "Syngan Kylych" (1966, 1971) is conducted. The characteristics of the linguocultural aspects of expressing some somatisms in the Kyrgyz and English artistic discourse are given.
Conclusions: By analyzing and comparing lexical means of emotiveness based on a literary text, it is possible to identify and compare common and different components of the linguistic picture of the world in different languages ​​and linguacultures and determine the features of the linguistic consciousness of the compared peoples. In the conditions of modern intercultural communication, this kind of research expands the information exchange, provides an opportunity for a more objective presentation of another culture, awareness of its history and familiarity with literature allows one to obtain a mutual understanding of one's own culture.