N. I. Novikov’s religious and philosophical discourse: lexical aspect

Kornienko E.

This article focuses on the religious discourse of the Russian philosopher N. I. Novikov. The popular theological discourse allocates in the Novikov’s heritage. The article shows the zones of intersection of religious discourse with philosophical and pedagogical. The analysis reveals the basic concepts of religious discourse “Man” – “God” and their verbalized connections. The paper describes the lexical field of nomination of these concepts. The important argument of the nuclear position of the concept "Man" and the social dominant of religious discourse in the Novikov’s heritage plays an important role in the article. The article deals with the semantics of concepts that play an instrumental role in the translation of religious and philosophical discourse.

Keywords:religious and philosophical discourse, linguistic personality, the concept “God”, concept “Man”, the lexical field, religious vocabulary, regiolects.