Cultural-Connotative Meaning in the Semantic Structure of Words in Different Languages, Its Types and Methods of Representation

Authors

  • Aiman Nurgazina

    Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana 101302, Kazakhstan
  • Yevgeniya Zhuravleva

    Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana 101302, Kazakhstan
  • Bauyrzhan Yessimseitov

    Faculty of Philology, NAO National Scientific and Practical Center “Til-Qazyna” Named after Sh. Shayakhmetov, Astana 010000, Kazakhstan
  • Yrusgul` Shakaman

    Faculty of Philology, A. Margulan Pavlodar Pedagogical University, Pavlodar 140000, Kazakhstan
  • Zamira Nurzhanova

    Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana 101302, Kazakhstan
  • Ainur Karipzhanova

    Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Toraigyrov University, Pavlodar 140008, Kazakhstan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30564/fls.v7i12.11948
Received: 4 September 2025 | Revised: 4 November 2025 | Accepted: 13 November 2025 | Published Online: 31 December 2025

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of cultural-connotative meanings and senses of words in different languages, considered as cultural information revealed in the course of interpretation. The aim of this article is to identify the cultural meanings contained in the word "blue," to conduct a directed associative experiment (both chain and thematic types), and to describe and classify the types of cultural associations as well as the modes of representation of cultural meanings. The research design reflects the author' s intention to give an overview of the cultural connotations of the concept, to experimentally verify the divergence of cultural associations among speakers of different languages, to perform a multi-layered analysis of the concept “blue” across various cultures, and to relate the cultural understanding of this concept to evaluative categorization. As a result of the analysis (associative experiment, interpretation of cognitive-semantic analysis, evaluative categorization), the features of cultural-connotative meaning were identified: differences in cultural associates elicited by stimulus words in different languages; inadequacy of cultural senses and connotative meanings. Types of cultural associations and their paradigmatic and thematic relations are considered. Ways of representing such meanings in knowledge formats are examined. The novelty of the study lies in establishing the commonality of the cumulative functions of cultural connotations in different ethnic societies, their national-cultural differences, and in identifying inadequate cultural senses of the same lexemes and concepts that are significant in one culture but have no significance in another.

Keywords:

Cultural-Connotative Meaning; Cultural Senses; Cultural Interpretation; Associative Experiment; Conceptualization; Categorization

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Nurgazina, A., Zhuravleva, Y., Yessimseitov, B., Shakaman, Y., Nurzhanova, Z., & Karipzhanova, A. (2025). Cultural-Connotative Meaning in the Semantic Structure of Words in Different Languages, Its Types and Methods of Representation. Forum for Linguistic Studies, 7(12), 1984–1996. https://doi.org/10.30564/fls.v7i12.11948

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