Spanish Culture Reflection in Language Units Semantics (Based on Spanish Language Mass Media Material)

   The article concerns the problem of culture specific linguistic units used in the texts about RF President V. V. Putin. These units are used by Spanish speaking authors who are natives of a widely spread in the world language. Chosen publications for the analysis belong to Spanish central and regional periodical literature.
   The purpose of the research is the study of linguocultural aspect of the culture specific lexis used to describe V. Putinand his activity in Spanish mass media.
   To achieve this goal the following tasks were solved: the theoretical base of the problem has been systematized,factual material has been collected, the collected linguistic units’ linguocultural description has been done, their description and categorizing according to V. V. Kabakchi and E. V. Beloglazova classification has been performed, the results of the scientific research have revealed the differences in the used linguistic units.This fact has been reasoned by the cultural background.
   The research methodology contained the following methods: the method of continuous sampling, descriptive, interpretative and content analysis methods. The culture specific linguistic units research problem is an open issue in the scientific community. It is seen as a task which needs complex approach with account taken of both intralinguistic and extralinguistic factors. The second ones are closely linked to native speakers’ cultural features, which therefore reflect in such linguistic units as phraseological locutions, comparisons, realias, quotations and metaphors. The current research is dedicated to the analysis of the majority of them, because their study can lead to a deeper and more in detailed understanding of members of a culture that use them. The linguocultural aspect of the culture specific linguistic units used to describe V. Putinand his activity is studied. The linguistic units under study allow to define cultural and linguisticpatternsof their being used by Spanish authors, describing RG president V. V. Putin and state their reasons.

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