Discursive determination of conceptual formation in the author’s worldview (based on the material of M. Zhvanetsky’s satirical texts)

Lingvodiscursive analysis in the modern linguistic paradigm acquires a cognitive focus, which allows us to solve the issues of the relationship and interaction of the text and the inner world of the writer. A satirical text is a genre variety of satire as a special way of understanding individual fragments of reality. This determines the special role of discursive factors in the formation of the conceptual content of the satirical writer’s worldview. The practical significance of this study is associated with the possibility of understanding the mechanisms of concept formation within the framework of the writer’s idiostyle and the specificity of satirical discourse as a special type of speech interaction. The aim of the study is to understand the role of social and cultural context in the formation of conceptual meanings in M. Zhvanetsky’s worldview based on the analysis of his satirical texts. The relevance of the study is determined by the need to construct a model of the conceptual content of the satirical writer’s worldview. Analyzing the language of satirical texts, we examine the representation of the universal conceptual opposition FRIEND – FOE in the picture of the world of M.M. Zhvanetsky. The functioning of the universal conceptual opposition FRIEND – FOE in the individual author’s understanding is determined by the representation of its components in the context of the axiological system of M. Zhvanetsky. Conclusion: the components of the conceptual opposition in the author’s worldview are represented in two sections – social and national. The main linguistic means of representing the concept of YOURSELF in M. Zhvanetsky’s satirical texts is the pronoun we in all the diversity of its grammatical forms, which allows us to speak about the coincidence of the author’s value attitudes with the value attitudes of society and the nation. The linguistic means of representing the concept of ALIEN in the author’s satirical texts are lexemes whose significative meaning is related to the sphere of social and political relations and the realities of the historical past of the state contemporary to the author. As a result of the analysis, a conclusion is made about the multi-layered and discursive determinacy of conceptual meanings filling the content of the author’s picture of the world. A linguaxiological analysis of M. Zhvanetsky’s satirical texts allows us to identify axiological dominants in the author’s worldview. The writer’s highest values are a sense of inner freedom, decency and honesty, a connection with his homeland and compatriots, whose value and moral guidelines are related to the author’s axiological system.

russian satirical prose, author’s worldview, discourse, concept, satirical text, M. Zhvanetsky