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  • November 11, 2008
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CONCEPTS OF BEAUTY AND DISGRACE IN THE GERMAN LANGUAGE AS THE EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL SIDES OF ONE AND THE SAME PHENOMENON

Abstract

In the article the comparative analysis of the conceptual fields, representing the semantic meanings of the words die Schönheit and die Hässlichkeit in the German language is presented. The comparative analysis gives the opportunity to find out the common and distinctive features in the meanings during the reflection of the aesthetic perception of the world. On the basis of the lexical estimation of nuclear words the author demonstrates the schemes which give the opportunity to evidently present conclusions.

References

  1. Duden C. Etymologie. Herkunftswőrterbuch der deutschen Sprache. 2., vőllig neu bearbeitete und erweiterte Auflage von Gűnther Drosdowski. - Mannheim / Leipzig / Wien / Zűrich: Dudenverlag, 1989. - Duden Band 7. - 844 S.

Author information

N. V. Popova

Michurinsk State Agrarian University

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  • Published: November 11, 2008.

Keywords

  • компаративный анализ
  • понятийные поля
  • семантические значения слов «die Schönheit», «die Hässlichkeit»
  • эстетическое восприятие мира
  • лексическая оценка ядерных слов
  • comparative analysis
  • conceptual fields
  • semantic meanings of words "die Schönheit", "die Hässlichkeit"
  • aesthetic perception of the world
  • lexical estimation of nuclear words

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