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List of publications on a keyword: «ethnic mentality»

  • Military Duty and Service in the Army in the System of Traditional Values of the Chuvash People

    Proceeding
    University as a factor of Modernization of Russia: History and Prospects (to the 55th anniversary of the I.N. Ulyanov ChSU)
    Authors:
    Erbina V. Nikitina, Elizaveta M. Mikhailova
    Work direction:
    Война как фактор формирования национальной идентичности
    Abstract:
    Conscientious and responsible attitude to military service, loyalty to the oath are distinctive features of the Chuvash mentality. These qualities were especially vividly manifested during the Great Patriotic War. Service in the army and defence of the Motherland as a man's civic duty are considered as one of the main values of the Russian society. Old soldier's blessings and family front stories can be used in the formation of a sense of patriotism and citizenship of modern young men.
    Keywords:
    ethnic mentality, military duty, service in the army, traditional values, Chuvash people, Chuvash blessings and prayers
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  • Ethnic Specificity of Cultural Codes

    Research Article
    Ethnic Culture No 3 (4)
    Author:
    Vladimir M. Savitskij
    Work direction:
    Problems of Crosslinguistic and Intercultural Communication
    Abstract:
    The author compares and analyzes some definitions of the concept of cultural code offered by Russian and foreign linguists and semiologists. Aspects of this concept are singled out and described. Regulatory, semiotic and retransmitting functions of cultural codes are briefly characterized. The relationship between the concepts of cultural code and picture of the world is revealed. The author’s interpretation of the concept of cultural code is given, the ethnic specificity of cultural codes is revealed, its factors are described, participation of cultural codes in forming ethnic mentality is demonstrated. The author shows discrepancies in understanding reality due to the difference in the cultural codes used and points out that the role of cultural code can be performed by any perceptible area of reality: landscapes, natural phenomena, fauna, flora, artifacts (household utensils, tools, weapons, garments of clothes, dwelling places etc.) and actions with the listed items. All this is regarded in the article as semiotic means of thinking and communication. Methods. The analysis of cultural codes was carried out by using the methods of cross-cultural analysis and interlingual comparison on the material of English and Russian metaphoric set phrases. Conclusion. The conclusion is made concerning the influence of cultural codes on the choice of the path of historic development and, ultimately, on the fates of nations.
    Keywords:
    picture of the world, ethnic culture, cultural code, inner code, outer code, ethnic mentality, verbal thinking
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