The artistic concept of cold in the work “Aivangu” by the Chukchi writer Yuri Rytkheu

Abstract

The research is carried out in the context of interdisciplinary cognitive directions - cognitive linguistics and cognitive poetics, one of the actual tasks of which is modeling the structure of artistic concepts represented in the artistic text. The aim of the study is modeling of the artistic concept of cold in the author’s artistic picture of the world of Y. S. Rytkheu as a part of the conceptosphere of the Arctic discourse. This research is the first stage in the study of artistic concepts in the Arctic discourse of Y. S. Rytkheu. The novel of this Chukchi writer, who is a representative of the northern linguoculture, was analysed. The relevance of this study is determined by the choice of the concept of cold as one of the key discursive concepts of the North and the Arctic, as well as its inclusion in the paradigm of linguocognitive research and conceptology of the artistic text. The method of continuous sampling was used to extract 456 markers - representatives of the concept. The markers were distributed into lexico-thematic groups (hereinafter - LTG) “Nature” (211), “Human Impact” (142), “Dwelling” (44), “Technology” (39), “Equipment” (20), interpreted as cognitive attributes of the concept. The distribution into LTGs was made according to the signs of semantic and thematic commonality of the concept markers. The following structure of the artistic concept cold was revealed: in the nuclear zone there is the cognitive attribute “Nature” (211 markers), in the ancillary zone - “Human Impact” (142 markers), in the near periphery there is the attribute “Dwelling”, in the far periphery “Equipment” and “Technics”. Such cognitive features of the artistic concept of cold as the Arctic climate of Chukotka, natural phenomena associated with cold, the impact of cold on people and their activities are defined.