NATIONAL-CULTURAL FACTORS IN THE SEMANTIC STRUCTURE OF LANGUAGES WITH DIFFERENT SYSTEMS
Abstract
This article examines the influence of national-cultural factors on languages belonging to different linguistic systems. It explores how culture shapes language structure, meaning, and usage, highlighting contrasts between languages with diverse typological and cultural backgrounds. The study analyzes specific examples from analytic, synthetic, and agglutinative languages, illustrating the interplay between cultural identity and linguistic expression. The findings demonstrate that national-cultural contexts significantly affect language development, lexicon, pragmatics, and semantics. The article discusses implications for cross-cultural communication, translation, and linguistic theory.
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