Linguocultural features of food names in texts of modern women's travel prose

Abstract

The article deals with the process of studying of glutonic names that represent the features of the glutonic discourse which there is an object of interest of scholars not only from the point of view of linguistics and its individual areas, such as: linguoculture, linguistics, linguistic and semiotics, but also cultural studies, sociology and literary studies.

The article investigates the actual Ukrainian and other cultural names of food on the material of texts of Ukrainian contemporary women's travel prose. In particular, the emphasis is placed on the interconnection of cultural onyms with a gastronomical picture of the world. The linguistic and cultural parameters of food names have been determined, borrowed and national-specific vocabulary has been identified (the source of replenishment of the concept sphere “Food” is established). There are a number of factors that directly influence on the linguistic and cultural peculiarities of the names related to food products.

The linguistic and cultural specificity of the food names in the texts of Ukrainian contemporary women's prose is governed by a number of cultural factors: natural, cultural, historical, socio-economic, etc. Food names are a culturally significant layer of vocabulary that demonstrates the interconnectedness and enrichment of cultures. In particular, the enrichment of European (and not only) cultural and culinary ideas that represent the linguistic and cultural heritage of neighboring and more distant nationalities. That is why a considerable number of these names have long been stabilized in the mind of the average speaker through assimilation processes. Ukrainian contemporary women's travel prose is a valuable source not only for the study of the “Food” concept from the standpoint of linguoculture, but also for its complex study.