PSYCHOLINGUISTIC MEANINGS OF THE VERBALIZED CONCEPT “HOLY FOOL” (BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE PSYCHOLINGUISTIC EXPERIMENT)
Journal Title: Вісник Харківського національного педагогічного університету імені Г. С. Сковороди : Психологія - Year 2018, Vol 0, Issue 59
Abstract
Aimof the study. The article presents the results of the research into the verbalized concept “holy fool” in the linguistic world-image of the Russian-speaking population of Ukraine. Materials and methods. The main method of the conducted research was the psycholinguistic experiment. Thesamplecomprised204 respondents aged 18-35, males and females being equally represented. Results. The conducted research resulted in the description of the psycholinguistic meanings of “holy fool”. The experiment showed that the concept “holy fool” in the everyday linguistic consciousness is primarily associated with mental or physical deficiency, which was reflected in three core (more than 15%) psycholinguistic meanings: “strange fellow or old man”, “ugly fellow or old man”,“mentally sick fellow or old man”. Foolishness as “simulated madness” (“for Christ’s sake”) is replaced by natural foolishness in everyday linguistic consciousness. Modern people no longer tend to consider a holy fool to be “a peculiar zealot of piety”. However, this meaning still remains more or less understandable, which is supported by the psycholinguistic meaning “blessed fellow or old man” (14,2%). The word “holy fool” itself is perceived as obsolete by some modern native speakers. The results of our research confirm the conclusions made by Russian and Ukrainian scholars who analyzed and described the concept “holy fool” in everyday linguistic consciousness, i.e. its ambivalent nature; the peripheral location of theological associates, most of which reflect a certain type of holiness (“blessed”); singular emotive associates. On the whole, the core semantics of “holy fool” does not depend on gender. Regardless of gender, respondents evaluate the stimulus both negatively and positively. 41% of respondents display repulsion to this stimulus “holy fool”. Male respondents tend to use rude and obscene lexemes. As far as the prospect of further research is concerned, there is a need to describe the behavioral pattern of the ludic competence “holy fool” taking into consideration both core and peripheral psycholinguistic meanings of holy fool and actualizing the personified associates that help to build the model of behavior typical of a holy fool.
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Iya Gordienko-Mitrofanova, Alina Silina, Iuliia Kobzieva
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