Modeling the Value Segment of the COSY Concept

This study aims to identify the mechanisms by which phraseological units, particularly paremiology, convey value-based knowledge about coziness in contemporary English discourse. The relevance of modeling the value segment of the concept COSY lies in addressing the scientific gap in studying the cultural and social aspects of cosiness discourse. The article reveals the linguistic realization of the value segments of the concept COSY for a deeper understanding of modeling the cultural and psychological aspects of cozy discourse through the following tasks: summarizing existing research on the value segments of the concept; establishing a theoretical basis for understanding how phraseological and paremiological expressions reflect the values of contemporary English cozy discourse; applying conceptual analysis to the study of concepts; analyzing specific examples of phraseological units and proverbs in lexicographic sources to reconstruct the concept COSY; conducting a semantic-pragmatic analysis of stable expressions that, although not containing the lexeme “cosy”, have components related to the lexical meaning of “coziness”, thus allowing these proverbs to be considered as verbalizers of cosiness discourse. The value component of the concept COSY is determined by the meanings of the studied linguistic units and reflects the worldview of language speakers, influenced by the process of conceptualization in its formation. An interpretation of the ethnic worldview is presented through the absence of numerous value dominants in cosiness discourse of the English-speaking linguistic culture. It is hypothesized that the low presence of the COSY concept in the paremiological corpus of British culture indicates its lesser importance for this ethnic group.