Symbolic meaning of daily use things in conceptualization the mortal sin of pride

Abstract

This article continues the authors research of nonverbal representаtion of the mortal sin of proud within the Christian religious discourse. Basing on the vast amount of Church fathers’ texts, a set of nonverbal sygnаls associated with human appearance, habіtation, everyday objects (intеrior itеms, tableware, etc.), food, and money is analyzed. The functions of these signs in the conceptualization of the investigated emotional state are specified. The conclusions on the degree of Christian writers’ interest in the means of nonverbal code while expressing the sin of pride are drawn. The prospects for further study are outlinеd.

Authors and Affiliations

О. В. Ясіновська

Keywords

Related Articles

Interpretation variants of the implicit meanings of Omar Khayyam’s Rubaiyat

The paper deals with the interpretation variants of the implicit meanings of Omar Khayyam’s rubaiyat. The author generalizes methods to the poet’s works, determines the peculiarities of understanding of meanings of poems...

Peculiarities of grammatical transformations application in the process of English fiction translation into Ukrainian and Russian

On the basis of comparative analysis the author investigates the issue of grammatical transformations application during the translation process of the story “The Masque of the Red Death. A Fantasy” by E.A. Poe into Ukra...

Legal terminology: synonymy and antonymy (on the material of Ukrainian terminology)

The article deals with synonymic and antonymic relations of legal terms in Ukrainian legal terminological system. The author researches the reasons for the appearance of synonyms and antonyms in legal terminological syst...

Literary fairy tales by H. C. Andersen: traditions and novelty value

This article is devoted to the problem of discourse in the tales written by H. C.Andersen. Different views of scientists on literary fairy tales as a phenomenon of Romanticism are analysed, characteristic features of H....

Richness of content and expressivity of a letter (on the material of B. L. Pasternak’s correspondence)

The article discusses the book “Correspondence of Boris Pasternak” as the original publishing project. Research interest is concentrated on richness of content and expressive descriptions of epistolary texts, substantial...

Download PDF file
  • EP ID EP461256
  • DOI -
  • Views 100
  • Downloads 0

How To Cite

О. В. Ясіновська (2017). Symbolic meaning of daily use things in conceptualization the mortal sin of pride. Науковий вісник Міжнародного гуманітарного університету. Серія «Філологія», 27(1), 158-161. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-461256