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The Philosophy of the Concept “Privacy” in English and Chinese Linguoculture

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Abstract

The current article is devoted to the study of the linguophilosophical concept “Privacy” in English and Chi-nese linguocultures, which plays a vital role in the formation of the meaning of life for any individual and the major axio-logical functions of personality.The aim of the study is to give a complete characteristic of the philosophical concept “Privacy” in English linguocul-tures.The novelty of this work is determined by representing the construction of the model of as a linguocultural concept, as well as defining its socio-psychological, cultural, philosophi-cal and linguistic characteristics. This study is also important in identifyingthe ways of expressing “Privacy” in the lexical-phraseological system of language and communicative be-havior.The material for the study is presented by linguistic units, found in dictionaries, reference books and popular literature.

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