UNDERSTANDING OF CULTURE: NOMINATIVE AND ARTISTIC IMAGERY OF CULINARY NAMES

Alla Leonova¹*, Eleonora Abdol²*, Saniya Kamelova³*, Altyn Kapakova⁴*, Gulzada Tulenova⁵*
¹Candidate of Philological sciences, senior teacher, Kh. Dosmukhamedov Atyrau State University, Kazakhstan, allochka-leonova@maiol.ru
²Associated Prof., Kh. Dosmukhamedov Atyrau State University, Kazakhstan, abdol.e@mail.ru
³Professor, Kh. Dosmukhamedov Atyrau State University, Kazakhstan,
⁴Associated Prof., Kh. Dosmukhamedov Atyrau State University, Kazakhstan,
⁵Master senior teacher, Kh. Dosmukhamedov Atyrau State University, Kazakhstan, adelya_karabasova@mail.ru
*Corresponding author

Abstract

The paper addresses the issues of naming culinary dishes in the English and Russian languages and cultures and the artistic imagery of culinary names in fiction. The undertaken research explores the subject from the linguocultural perspective. Cultural linguistics (Rus. lingvokulturologia) is a multidisciplinary area of research which combines methodologies of related fields. It is primarily concerned with the interaction and relationship between language and culture on different levels of analysis.

The interplay between language and culture is multi-faceted. Language is considered a constituent element and a pivotal phenomenon of a people’s culture. Simultaneously, culture is encoded in and communicated through the national language. Therefore, language should not be studied separately from culture.

Culture is a semiotic system which has the ability to transfer information. Its main function is the one of collective memory, which is characterized by accumulation [Lotman, 1993: 227]. Literary texts can be regarded as depositaries of culture. In literary texts, culture is presented through a variety of manifestations. Apart from information about national history, geography, economics, customs and traditions etc., they also contain a lot of valuable information about culture-specific elements, also known as realia. In linguistics, realia can be understood as both objects of reality and the names of these objects. The proposed research deals with one type of realia, namely culinary dishes.

The paper focuses on the nominative and artistic imagery of culinary names. The nominative imagery, which is closely connected with the inner form of the word, is discussed in terms of secondary linguistic nomination. Figurative culinary names are classified by us into the following types: a) metaphorical names; b) toponym-based names; c) antroponym-based names; d) false association names.

Artistic imagery of culinary names is explored in fiction. The comparative analysis of empirical material shows that artistic imagery of culinary names is based on such cognitive mechanisms and stylistic devices as metaphor, symbolism and simile.

 It has been concluded that in order to understand the imagery of English and Russian culinary names it is important to identify nominative indications, the most productive of which are metaphorical and toponymic. It has also been established that English and Russian culinary names are characterized by both nominative and artistic imagery.

Keywords: language, culture, sign system, interplay, linguistic culture, nomination, imagery, figurative names, realia, nominative imagery, artistic imagery, nominative indications, stylistic devices, metaphor, symbol, simile, productivity