The concept «folk» and its linguistic expression in a literary text: semiotic aspects of the analysis

Abstract

The article describes the experience of the analysis of the concept «folk» with the use of the semiotics methodology, caused by the multi-level structure and rich interpretive possibilities of this concept. The author identifies several attributes of the concept «folk», changing over the XIX and XX centuries: insularity/openness of the concept borders, the opposition of the forming elements and the presence of permanent/variable semantic connotations. On this basis, it is proved that the concept «folk» is a translator of social relations model and the level of national consciousness.