Universal modes as components of the language of culture in the structure of the mental space of discourse

INTRODUCTION. The description of the national and cultural specifics of language as a systemic and functional education within, first of all, traditional culture takes place in the context of research on the relationship between language and culture, in particular, the study of mental spaces. The purpose of the study is to model the discursive space in the context of the functioning of universal modes as components of the semantic–semiotic language of culture within the framework of its conceptualization.
MATERIALS AND METHODS. The research materials are the theoretical and practical research of linguists in the field of the functioning of mental space as a field of conceptualization of language and culture, the field materials of the author of the article, collected in the Tambov region. The research methods are observation, the field research method, the hermeneutic method as a basic analysis of semantic and semiotic meanings and meanings of the constituent components, contextual and semantic analyses, as well as elements of discursive analysis.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION. The analysis of the representation of national and cultural peculiarities of language within the framework of the mental spaces of cultural discourses is given. The components of modeling the discourse of mental space, including the structure, principles, organization, dynamics of being, forms of its organization and expression, are considered, the components of the semantic core of culture and their functioning in the form of universal modes “being in oneself”, “being for oneself”, “being for another” are shown. The study of discursive space in the context of the functioning of universal modes is based on the example of field materials collected in the Tambov region.
CONCLUSION. The prospects for further scientific research should be aimed at studying the discourse of traditional culture as a single mental space.