Mentality In Medical Discourse: A Comparative Cognitive Cultural Analysis Of English And Russian Linguacultures

Madina Ulugbekovna Abdurakhmonova

doi:10.51699/cajlpc.v7i2.1463

Authors

Madina Ulugbekovna Abdurakhmonova DSc researcher of the ASIFL, Andijan, Uzbekistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51699/cajlpc.v7i2.1463

Keywords:

medical discourse, mentality, cognitive linguistics, linguaculture, English, Russian, associative experiment, Total Brightness Index

Abstract

This article investigates mentality features embedded in contemporary medical discourse within English and Russian linguacultures. Drawing on cognitive linguistic and linguacultural frameworks, the study combines associative (psycholinguistic) evidence and corpus based analysis to identify universal and culture specific mental constructs reflected in professional medical communication. The research is based on the associative reaction data for the stimulus medicine, which have been extracted from the Russian associative resources and Leipzig Corpora Collection (English), plus apart from sememe interpretation through Total Brightness Index (TBI) ranking of core and peripheral sememes. “The article is dedicated to the details exploration of mentality characteristics of medical discourse in English and Russian?” Although health serves as an axiomem across both linguacultures, national mental models influence the salience of specialists, institutions, procedures and lifestyle components differently. Findings have implications for cross lingual medical communication, translation of medical protocols, and intercultural training of healthcare professionals.

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