Scientific Journal of KubSAU

The peculiarities of representation of the concept “Muslim World” in modern English discourse are regarded in this article. Based on the achievements of cognitive linguistics and cultural linguistics, it is possible to research the concept of “Muslim World” as a phenomenon of the English linguistic culture. Different approaches to the definition of the term “concept” are studied. The article describes definitional analysis of lexical items “Muslim” and “World” in modern English dictionaries. Based on these results, it is concluded dictionaries present the term “Muslim”, first of all, as a human - a follower of a particular religion. We can say the concept “Muslim world” is presented in the social and conceptual knowledge as one of the manifestations of the human world and is used in relation to the reality of cultural and historical unity of the Islamic nation. This concept serves as an image of reality in the system theory of knowledge. The further studying of the Islamic world, as definition is possible to make with the mutual enrichment of the social reality of other peoples. “Muslim world” in accordance with the principle of universal connection of phenomena reveals its potential in the modern world and it becomes possible to establish relationship between people, nature and society, as well as their mutual influence on each other

The article deals with the specifics of verbal actualization of the concept “MUSLIM WORLD” in the modern English-speaking discourse. Based on the achievements of cognitive linguistics and cultural linguistics, it is possible to research the concept of “Muslim World” as a phenomenon of the English linguistic culture. The author notes the concept can be submitted directly via the meaning of “MUSLIM WORLD” or by its connotation. The means of a nominative, descriptive and expressive realization of the concept “MUSLIM WORLD” are described using the material of 100 pieces of contemporary Englishlanguage discourse, which actualize the concept “MUSLIM WORLD”. The author concludes the concept is treated as a multidimensional construct of thought, reflecting the knowledge of the surrounding reality, the process and the result of human activity, experience and knowledge about the world, containing the information about it. Cognitive-discursive analysis permits to set the content and the structure of the concept “MUSLIM WORLD” not only in the conditional but also in the discursive spaces in cooperation with nominative, descriptive and expressive realization. The author makes a conclusion the concept “MUSLIM WORLD” appears in the American print mass media from a negative sight - this is the result of a lack of public awareness about the cultural heritage of the Islamic world, its customs, and key problems