Polish and Russian School of Cultural Linguistics: Similarity and Differences of Approaches Cover Image

Польская и русская школы культурной лингвистики: сходство и различие подходов
Polish and Russian School of Cultural Linguistics: Similarity and Differences of Approaches

Author(s): Aleksander Kiklewicz
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: cultural linguistics     anthropological linguistics     ethnolinguistics     language vs cultural determinism     heuristic function of language     language world view

Summary/Abstract: The author reviews contemporary cultural linguistics (as one of the fields of anthropological linguistics) in two Slavic countries: Poland and Russia. The first part of the article discusses the general theoretical foundations of cultural linguistics, as well as the circumstances in which it was established in Poland and Russia (USSR). In the second part, the author discusses the distinguishing features of both linguistic traditions. So he writes that in Russia, researchers are more interested in linguoculturology, in particular in the description of concepts and the so-called konceptosphere. In Poland there is a stronger tradition of researching folk culture, folk psychology and folk language, for this reason the methodology of Polish research is based to a greater extent on empirical procedures, such as field research and surveys.

  • Issue Year: X/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 273-292
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Russian