Objectivation of Notions About Family in the Russian, English and Chinese Languages

Abstract

The article is devoted to the identification of the linguoculturological characteristics of notions about family in the Russian, English and Chinese languages. The paper presents the analysis of the concepts СЕМЬЯ, FAMILY, 家through the study of the language units objectifying these concepts. As a result of the analysis, the authors reveal the conceptual content of the concepts СЕМЬЯ, FAMILY, 家, which are the key ones in the Russian, English and Chinese linguocultures, and highlight similarities and differences between notions about family in the linguocultures under study.