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Culturemes and Non-Equivalent Lexis in Dictionaries
Author(s) -
Маciej Jaskot,
Iurii Ganoshenko
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
cognitive studies | études cognitives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2392-2397
pISSN - 2080-7147
DOI - 10.11649/cs.2015.009
Subject(s) - lexis , lexicographical order , linguistics , psychic , context (archaeology) , reflection (computer programming) , computer science , order (exchange) , sociology , natural language processing , mathematics , philosophy , history , medicine , alternative medicine , archaeology , finance , pathology , combinatorics , economics , programming language
Culturemes and Non-Equivalent Lexis in Dictionaries The article raises the question of the need to improve the structural diversity and operational capabilities of the modern dictionary (bi- or multilingual) to avoid lacunes in the transmission of culturemes and non-equivalent words into another language. Without it the dictionary is incomplete and languages are unequal. The article deals with various options of asymmetry reflection of the culturemes in the context of social and ethno-psychic reality of a native-speaking community. The specifics of lexicographical transmission is observed in order to emphasize the need of further investigation of the linguistic map of the world.

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