English Occult Discourse as a Cultural Phenomenon

Authors

Yuliia TOMCHAKOVSKA National University “Odessa Law Academy”
Oleksandr TOMCHAKOVSKYI Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University
Nana MIKAVA Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University
Kateryna LESNEVSKA National University “Odessa Law Academy”

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24234/wisdom.v3i2.728

Keywords:

occult discourse, astrology, alchemy, magic, world view

Abstract

The paper reveals structural and functional peculiarities of English occult discourse as a cultural phenomenon. The research is based on the material of English explanatory and etymological dictionaries and texts manifesting occult discourse on the Internet. The paper uses a comprehensive methodology involving general scientific and special linguistic methods. The paper identifies the institutional forms and types of English occult discourse and outlines ways to study them. The term “occult discourse” denotes the general direction of discourse, which studies the peculiarities of communication in all institutional activity areas beyond science and official religion. Based on the results of etymological and componential analyses, we conclude that occult discourse contains such primary genre varieties as astrological, magical, and alchemical. Regarding socio-cultural features, we note that the function of these types of discourse stem from the symbolic and social meanings that are added to the relevant practices. Thus, the acquisition of occult sciences is part of the general system of thinking and beliefs in a particular society, allowing us to study the relevant fragment of the English worldview in mythological and naive versions.

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Author Biographies

Yuliia TOMCHAKOVSKA, National University “Odessa Law Academy”

PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Foreign Languages, Faculty of International Legal Relations, National university “Odessa law academy”, Odessa, Ukraine.

Oleksandr TOMCHAKOVSKYI, Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University

PhD in Philology, Associate Professor of the Department of English Lexicology and Stylistics, Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University, Odessa, Ukraine.

Nana MIKAVA, Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University

PhD in Philology, Associate Professor of the Department of Foreign Languages for Humanities, Faculty of Romance and Germanic Philology, Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University, Odessa, Ukraine.

Kateryna LESNEVSKA, National University “Odessa Law Academy”

Senior lecturer at the Department of Foreign Languages, Faculty of International Legal Relations, National university “Odessa law academy”, Odessa, Ukraine.

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2022-08-15

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TOMCHAKOVSKA, Y., TOMCHAKOVSKYI, O., MIKAVA, N., & LESNEVSKA, K. (2022). English Occult Discourse as a Cultural Phenomenon. WISDOM, 3(2), 273–280. https://doi.org/10.24234/wisdom.v3i2.728

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