Russian Federation
The undeniable connection between language and culture allows us to study culture through language, which opens up new possibilities for understanding the mentality of other nations. A typical feature of English, and in a broader sense British, character along with the value of privacy, fair play and tolerance to other nations, is suppressing emotions and their public expression, or stiff upper lip, which is reflected in the English language. Based on examples from English literature, in this article we demonstrate, how the cultural characteristics of a nation get representation in the language. The authors conclude that the emotional restraint is verbalized not only through direct nominations, but also through the description of characters’ actions, with the help of elliptical constructions, irony and understatement.
ethnolinguistics, mentality, linguocultural concept, stiff upper lip, emotions.
Этнокультурное направление в изучении языков и менталитета народов уже заняло и все увереннее занимает свое заслуженное значимое место в современных лингвистических, и шире, лингвокультурологических исследованиях.
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