The research deals with the concept of "fire" in the Russian and Arabic languages from the perspective of cognitive linguistics. It aims to highlight the conceptual pattern of this concept by classifying the semantic characteristics of the word "fire".
This comparative study revealed that this concept" consists of two parts:
The core represents the general meaning of the word "fire". The Peripheral part is embodied in the secondary and contextual meanings of this word.
The most common conceptual contexts are war, fever, inflamed human feelings, danger, evil and hell.
In addition, this concept in Arabic culture includes more symbolic meanings, including opinion, fame, spread, the elves and safety.
The study concluded that this concept in Arabic is wider than Russian equivalent for several factors, the most important of which are: the rhetorical miracle of the Holy Qur'an and the heritage of Arab culture.
abdelfattah, M. (2018). The concept of "fire" in the Russian and Arabic language mentality. فيلولوجى: سلسلة الدراسات الأدبية واللغوية, 35(70), 207-228. doi: 10.21608/gsal.2018.79606
MLA
Mohamed abdelfattah. "The concept of "fire" in the Russian and Arabic language mentality", فيلولوجى: سلسلة الدراسات الأدبية واللغوية, 35, 70, 2018, 207-228. doi: 10.21608/gsal.2018.79606
HARVARD
abdelfattah, M. (2018). 'The concept of "fire" in the Russian and Arabic language mentality', فيلولوجى: سلسلة الدراسات الأدبية واللغوية, 35(70), pp. 207-228. doi: 10.21608/gsal.2018.79606
VANCOUVER
abdelfattah, M. The concept of "fire" in the Russian and Arabic language mentality. فيلولوجى: سلسلة الدراسات الأدبية واللغوية, 2018; 35(70): 207-228. doi: 10.21608/gsal.2018.79606