Concept "stubbornness" in the Russian language picture of the world: phraseological representation

Abstract

This article is devoted to the study of the linguistic representation of the concept “stubbornness” in the Russian linguistic worldview. The analysis is carried out within the framework of linguacultural and cognitive-semantic approaches to the linguistic phenomenon. The diversity and richness of phraseological means of expressing the concept “stubbornness” testifies to the importance of this concept in the Russian language and culture. The results of the study show that the phraseological units objectifying the concept “stubbornness” are characterized by situationality and imagery. Analysis of their semantic features allows us to single out a number of cognitive features of the concept: "nonadmission of another possibility, lack of flexibility of mind, blind adherence to certain models", "steadfastness, immutability, constancy, firmness, the ability not to succumb to external influences", "a property that can involve negative results or negative consequences", etc. In the proverbial aspect, special emphasis is placed on the negative-evaluative features of the concept “stubbornness”.