National and cultural identity of olfactory lexis in Internet travelogue Cover Image

Национально-культурная специфика лексики обонятельного восприятия в интернет-травелоге
National and cultural identity of olfactory lexis in Internet travelogue

Author(s): Elena Gennadjevna Basalaeva
Subject(s): Lexis, Semantics, Sociolinguistics, Eastern Slavic Languages, Social Informatics, Sociology of Culture, Philology, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: lexical meaning; lexis olfactory perception; national and cultural component; internet discourse;
Summary/Abstract: Article analyzes different ways of describing the area of a country / city through the prism of olfactory perception in online discourse. This study is an attempt to describe the specifics of the national-cultural identity odourative signs, securing stable olfactory associations for this or that object actually developing in a cultural stereotype. On the internet travelogues material of texts identified frequency metaphorical images based on combination of olfactory perception in the minds of existing and impressions of various countries / cities. Identified metaphor model reflect the particular situation of linguistic coding olfactory perception, acting as culturally significant landmarks.

  • Page Range: 102-107
  • Page Count: 6
  • Publication Year: 2016
  • Language: Russian