Experience of Comparative-Contrastive Analysis of the Vocabulary of Emotions (Based on the Russian Word “Nostalgia” and its English Equivalent)
https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-5075-2025-2-69-83
Abstract
Aim. To identify the features of the semantic structures of the words «ностальгия» / “nostalgia”, functioning in the Russian and English linguistic cultures.
Methodology. The language material was collected from explanatory, translation, etymological dictionaries, the English British National Corpus and the National Corpus of the Russian language, and the Google Books Ngram Viewer database was used. Comparative, contrastive, definitive, corpus, and descriptive methods of analysis were used.
Results. Based on the results of the study, similarities and differences in the shades of meaning of the semantic structures of the Russian word “nostalgiya” and its English equivalent were revealed.
Research implications. The practical value of the conducted research is connected with the potential possibilities of using the collected theoretical and linguistic material in the professional activities of a translator, lexicographer, terminologist, lexicologist, and teacher of foreign languages.
About the Authors
E. A. Sorokina
Federal State University of Education
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elvira A. Sorokina – Dr . Sci . (Philology), Prof., Department of English Philology
Moscow
O. D. Tarasova
Federal State University of Education
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Olga D. Tarasova – Сand . Sci . (Philology), Assoc. Prof., Department of English Philology
Moscow
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