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Kozyreva Marina Konstantinovna
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Belgorod State National Research University
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Articles count: 2
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