The category of emotivity as a reflection of a person's attitude to the world in prayer texts (based on the German language)

The subject of the research is the representation of the religious picture of the human world, expressed in prayer texts and viewed through the prism of the category of emotivity. The research focuses on the study of linguistic means and techniques used in prayers to express emotions, feelings, assessments and the worshipper's subjective attitude towards God, the world and himself. Special attention is paid to the analysis of how these emotive manifestations reflect and construct religious beliefs, values, and beliefs that shape the religious worldview. In particular, the research is aimed at identifying and classifying the main types of emotive units (emotionally colored vocabulary, stylistic figures, rhetorical techniques), identifying the relationships between different types of emotions. The ultimate goal is to demonstrate how the category of emotivity serves as a tool for understanding the religious worldview. The methodology includes: definition of the concepts of emotivity, emotion and expressivity, the importance of studying the worldview from the point of view of linguistics; review of theoretical literature. Protestant prayers in German are empirically analyzed. Methods of analysis: lexico-semantic (identification of emotive vocabulary), stylistic (analysis of stylistic techniques), contextual (taking into account the religious context). The scientific novelty of the research lies in a comprehensive analysis of the representation of the religious picture of the world through the prism of the category of emotivity in prayer texts. The interpretation of emotive manifestations in prayer texts is proposed as a reflection of the subjective religious experience and the individual picture of the believer's world. The research results contribute to the development of linguistic conceptology, religious linguistics, and discourse theory. The study confirms that the emotivity category plays a central role in shaping and expressing the religious worldview in prayer texts. Prayers do not just convey information, but also express a believer's deep feelings, experiences, and attitudes toward God, the world, and himself. Prayers have revealed a wide variety of emotive means (lexical, stylistic, rhetorical) used to express various emotions: gratitude, love, hope, fear, guilt, sorrow, and others. The data obtained can be used in intercultural communication, religious studies, and in the development of educational programs aimed at improving religious literacy and tolerance.

category of emotiveness, world view, emotion, expressiveness, prayer, German language, language tools, emotive vocabulary, syntactic means, value orientations