Abstract
This chapter considers the idioms, representing work values in the English, German, Russian and Chechen linguistic spaces. The results of research show that work values take an important place in the system of values of different cultures, being the part of everyday life, contexts of communication. In the basis of work values are the material values, focused on income, profit, spiritual and psychological - self-realization in work, pleasure from work, creativity, social and career - education, status in society. In the English and German languages the value of official regulated work was accentuated. In the Russian contexts very similar social experience is fixed. According to the poll of the Chechen language speakers at the present stage important are the values of income and success that can be connected with a post-war situation of revival, construction of work culture. So, the comparative analysis reveals the specificity of work values, differences and similarities in image components.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Notes
- 1.
For example, the English Corpus is available at http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/. At this website it is possible to search and find a context with any word or idiomatic expression, as the Corpus contains 100 Millions of words. The other Corpuses have almost the same system. In order to work with the German Corpus it is necessary to register.
- 2.
See Chap. 1 for some consequences regarding the understanding of questionnaires (Editors’ note).
References
Baranov, A. N., & Dobrovolsky, D. O. (2007). Slovar-tezaurus sovremennoy russkoy idiomatiki/ pod red. In A. N. Baranova & D. O. Dobrovolskogo. M.: Mir Enciklopediy Avanta +, 1135s.
Baranov, A. N., & Dobrovolsky, D. O. (2008). Aspekti teorii frazeologii. M.: Znak.
Baysultanov, D., & Baysultanov, D. (1992). Chechensko-Russkiy phraseologicheskiy slovar. Grozny: Kniga, 320s.
Duden Redewendungen. (2008). Wörterbuch der deutschen Idiomatik 3., überbearbeitete und aktualisierte Auflage. (Duden Band 11). Mannheim etc.: Dudenverlag.
Ibragimov, L. M. (2005). Tolkoviy slovar chechenskih phraseologizmov. Grozny: Izdatelskiy dom “Groznenskiy rabochiy”, 128 s.
Kunin, A. V. (2006). Bolshoy anglo-russkiy phraseologicheskiy slovar. 5-eizd. M.: Russkiy yazik– Media: 1210s.
Oxford Idioms Dictionary for Learners of English. (2006). (Oxford University Press. 470p.). http://www.ids-mannheim.de/kl/.../korpora/, http://www.ruscorpora.ru/, http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/, http://corpus.byu.edu/bnc/
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2017 Springer International Publishing AG
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Yusupova, S.M. (2017). The Linguistics of Work Values: Comparative Analysis. In: Cassilde, S., Gilson, A. (eds) Psychosocial Health, Work and Language. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50545-9_2
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50545-9_2
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-50543-5
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-50545-9
eBook Packages: Social SciencesSocial Sciences (R0)