A Comparative Study "свобода" And Chinese "free" Concept In Russian

The item "concept" is one of the most popular issues in the Russian language andculture study. It is also involved with cognitive linguistics, psycholinguistics and otherdisciplines. The "concept" is closely related to language and culture. Firstly, concept is thecultural condensation of people’s consciousness as well as the epitome of culture and it hasinfluence on culture development; Secondly, concept is fixed in the form of language, itsemergence and development can not be separated from the direct participation of the language.Analyzing the connotation of national culture with the theory of the concept has become animportant research method in the study of language and culture. Freedom is a common humanconcept, existing in many languages including Russian and Chinese. Through the comparativeanalysis of the concept "freedom" in these two languages, this study can reveal thesimilarities and differences between Russian and Chinese national culture. Thus, this analysiscontributes to the smooth development of cross-cultural communication.This paper studies the concept "freedom" in Russian and Chinese based on the theory ofKara Hick. By the comparison and analysis of concept "freedom" in Russian and Chinese, wecan identify cultural similarities and differences between two nations and their reasons.This paper is composed of three parts including the introduction, body and conclusion:Introduction: The introduction outlines the history and present state of the subject, thepurpose, meaning, practices and innovation of this paper.The body mainly includes four chapters:Chapter1:An introduction to concept.Chapter2:An analysis and interpretation of the concept "freedom’in Russian.Chapter3:An analysis and interpretation of the concept "freedom" in Chinese.Chapter4: In accordance with chapter2and3, this paper compares and summarizes thesimilarities and differences between the concept "freedom" in Russian and Chinese, andanalyzes the reasons for these similarities and differences from the perspectives of politicalsystem, the traditional thinking and geography.Conclusion: summary of the whole paper.