EXPLANATORY DICTIONARIES AS A REFLECTION OF THE DYNAMICS OF THE WORLD PICTURE (BASED ON THE MATERIAL OF LABOR TOOLS)

• Main Author: Zhdanova, T.A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Marina Sokolova Publishings 2020-09-01
• Series: Russian Linguistic Bulletin
• Subjects: world picture; dynamics of changes; tools of labor; lexicographic definitions; картина мира; динамика изменений; орудия труда; лексикографические определения
• Online Access: http://rulb.org/wp-content/uploads/wpem/pdf_compilations/3(23)/67-69.pdf

In this work, the world picture is understood not as a stable representation of existing experience, but as a constantly changing vision of the universe corresponding to a certain stage of development of society. The purpose of the work is to consider the dynamics of the world picture of people on the example of changing their ideas about tools through the analysis of lexicographic sources of various years. The task is to identify the relationship between dictionary definitions of tools and their demand by society. It is proved that as tools come out of active use, the detail of their description in dictionaries decreases. The most understandable and accessible for society devices are described in dictionaries in the most detailed way.