The notion of the world picture

Abstract

This article talks about the importance of world picture in language learning system in terms of using literary text as a basic source. The world picture can be defined as the system of images (and links between them) – visual representations of the world, information about the relationship between man and reality, visual, and auditory, images and information that are most often emotional. Moreover it is a cultural integrity, which includes three main components - outlook, mentality and attitude.

Keywords

World picture, early history of linguistics, word meaning and form, etymology, symbolism, anomaly regular model, conceptualization.