idealized cognitive model (ICM) of numbers in the Chinese (C) and 
Russian (R) linguistic world picture (LWP) as a basis of conceptual mapping

Maxim Babariko
 “Сonference-centre “Saint-Petersburg International Legal Forum” Company Limited 
maxbabaro@gmail.com

Lin Jinfeng
Saint Petersburg State University 
Linjinfeng1990@163.com

Sergey Chebanov 
Saint Petersburg State University 
s.chebanov@gmail.com http://mathling.phil.spbu.ru/node/103

The mapping of the space-time includes the counting of steps, portions of the distance (as daily transitions), breaths, heartbeats, sunrises, winters. A number of such units are marked in culture. Therefore there is an interest of ICM of numbers in different LWP that are representatively used in proverbs. To study those models ​​were used Chinese proverb (Chinese folk literature and art association, 1961, vol.1) and collections of proverbs by V.I. Dal (mid-nineteenth century) and V.M. Mokienko &T.G. Nikitina (XXI century). The Chinese  number's ICM  in the range 1÷100 has 54 numbers  (in order of decreasing the frequency) 1, 3, 2, 10, 100, 4, 8, 9, 7, 5, 6, 30, etc. In RLWP observed 43 numbers in the same interval: 1, 2, 3, 7, 24, 60, 100, 4, 5, 10, 40, etc. In the twenty-first century, the share of the number 1 increases with increasing amounts of numbers and decreasing their share. Thus, ICM of numbers in CLWP and RLWP are similar (high frequency of the first four numbers, the most common for both languages ​​is 1, similar frequencies 2, 3, 100, 5) and are different (ratio of 2 and 3, 10 and 7, etc. in CLWP and RLWP).
Key-words: linguistic world picture, idealized cognitive model, Chinese language, Russian language,  numbers
Maxim Babariko works as an event producer in “Сonference-centre “Saint-Petersburg International Legal Forum” Company Limited. He holds a specialist’s degree in theoretical and applied linguistics. His interests are linguistics, astrophysics and event management. Also he is fond of chess and classical music. He has publications dedicated to Idealized cognitive models (ICM)

Lin Jinfeng borned on January 18, 1990 in province Gansu in China, Unmarried. Now she studies in Saint Petersburg State University for Postgraduate about Dept. of Philology in applied mathematical linguistics. In 2012-2015, she studied in Soochow University in China for Master’s degree of Dept. of Philology, she carried out research about Russian cultural linguistics. In 2008-2012 she studied in Northwest Normal University in China for Graduation degree of Dept. of Philology, she learned Russian language. In 2004-2008, she studied in Weiyuan first school in province Gansu in China for Graduation degree. Her interests of research is Linguistics, cultural linguistics, pragmatics, semiotics, classification theory. She has published 7 articles.

Sergey Chebanov, Dr. Sci. (in mathematical &structural linguistics and ontology and theory of  knowledge) is  Professor at Department of Philology, University of  St.-Petersburg. He graduated physico-math.sec. school N. 239 (St.-Petersburg) in 1970 and Dept. of Biology and Soil Science, University of St.-Petersburg in 1976 (Masters in microbiology). His research interest include specialized activities hermeneutics (cognitological hermeneutics, non-fiction hermeneutics), theoretical biology, biohermeneutics, classification theory, pedagogy, Precambrian paleontology, crystallogenesis. He is member of International Association for Semiotic Studies (since 1999)and its Executive Committee (since 2004), International Society J. von Uexkull (Tartu, since 1993), the Linguistic Society of St. Petersburg. He is author about 370 publications (include 4 books, 1 invention certificate, 3 TV program), editor of several books, co-author of LINDA multifunctional automatic text processing system and new method of producing defectless crystal.