The transfer of cultural functions into the linguacultural system

The article is devoted to studying the transfer of cultural functions into the linguacultural system. The relevance of the conducted research is justified by the fragmentary understanding of this phenomenon. The study finds that the functions of culture reflect its intentions, which are determined by the needs of individuals and the society. The analysis of these functions has highlighted the following main intentions: to generate and accumulate meanings; to transmit knowledge; to unite fellow people; to protect; to regulate life processes. Based on these intentions, the following functions of culture have been proposed: conceptual, signifying, accumulating, communicative, integrating, preserving and regulating. The given set of functions has determined the scope of the signs of culture. Their important feature is that they are polyfunctional. It has been established that all cultural signs perform the functions of conceptualization, signification, accumulation, communication, integration. Regulatory and protective functions are classified as variant functions. The peculiarity of cultural signs is determined by the configuration of the functions that determine their meaning. The article reveals that a number of functions are identical for the culture and the language, such as conceptualization, signification, accumulation, communication and integration. The culture delegates the functions that are not inherent to the language to verbal means, which results in the formation of a distinctive linguacultural sign. The author notes that there is a functional recoding of the sign, as a result of which the main, nominative function of the verbal sign is replaced by the cultural one. Verbal tools (words, phrases, etc.) become the signs of culture. This refers to the regulatory function that ensures the stable, productive functioning of the society. This function is realized through the norms, prohibitions, rules and cultural attitudes. In the linguacultural system, it is carried out by symbols. The protective function is a consequence of the regulatory function. Its nature consists in preventing a person from the impact of negative factors. The means of implementation of this function is the linguistic protective charm.