Periphrases as a form of thinking

We attempt to consider the reproduction of the meaning of the word HOME in the periphrastic constructions used in the Russian translations of the poem by the Chinese poet Li Bai. Based on analysis of six translations of the poem “Quiet Night Thought” we prove that periphrastic unit is not only used instead of the name of the object, but with the name of the object. We establish that in the translations of the poem by the Chinese author, the periphrastic names representing the concept of HOME reflect the form of thinking due to the semantics read at the nonverbal level. The periphrastic unit HOME is an analogue of the microcosm and macrocosm, transmitting neutral interpretations, which allows the periphrase to convey a relatively complete descriptive meaning, since by its semantics it strives to form a single semantic concept of the concept of “home”. We substantiate that cultural information is not included in the semantic minimum of the sign and may be irrelevant in practice, but the periphrase, as a secondary sign, always has connotations that are especially important in the reflective flow of speech, when the factor of understanding a written translated text is not only decoding of the written text, but also the interpretation of the communicative settings of information of the original text creator.