THE CONCEPT OF ‘LINGUOCULTURAL CODE’ IN LINGUISTIC STUDIES

Abstract

The article considers the concept of ‘linguistic and cultural code,’ which is one of the main categories of the anthropocentric paradigm. It has been established that linguistic and cultural codes are systems of signs, models, and meanings through which culture acquires linguistic form and is retransmitted across generations. Domestic and foreign researchers have identified the main approaches to the classification of linguistic and cultural codes and have shown that codes are fragments of a linguistic picture of the world that organises experience and values and defines the boundaries of national identity. Through the use of linguistic and cultural codes, language speakers recognise and structure reality, as well as read the cultural content recorded in vocabulary, phraseology, proverbs and artistic texts. The cultural, axiological, cognitive, communicative and cumulative functions of codes are considered, which determine their ability to be instruments for transmitting traditions and at the same time responding to changes in society.
The typological diversity of linguistic and cultural codes is identified. Attention is paid to the peculiarities of the use of codes in contemporary scientific discourse. The article emphasises that the systematic study of linguistic and cultural codes allows for a better understanding of the principles of the formation of a national worldview. It also contributes to the definition of ways for the further development of linguoculturology as an integrative field focused on the study of humans through the prism of language and culture.