IS THIS A FAMILY, A FAKE-FAMILY OR AN ERSATZ-FAMILY? EXAMINING A FRAGMENT OF THE RUSSIAN LINGUISTIC WORLD IMAGE

Abstract

The article, based on the material from weblogs and forums of the Russian-speaking segment of the Internet, discusses a fragment of the modern Russian linguistic world image, relating to family relationships. Special emphasis is placed upon the analysis of boundary situations, defi ned by the words ((ersatz-family}}, ((quasi-family}}, and ((fake-family}}.

Keywords

• Russain language
• linguistic world image
• concept
• family