Linguoculturology as an Integratine Discipline: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

Abstract

The author presents linguoculturology as an integrative science in a historical perspective. The paper aims at analyzing some achievements of linguoculturology, the current stage in its development and its development prospects. The author pays significant attention to the scientific heritage of V.N. Teliya – the founder of the given research area. The article establishes as well as gives a brief analysis of the main research directions. The author focuses particularly on psycholinguoculturology (PLC) as a new discipline. The article analyzes from the standpoint of PLC the phenomenon of the basic metaphor UP on the material of the Russian linguoculture. The author makes an attempt to show – on the basis of data from various sciences – the universal nature of the basic metaphor under consideration and some of the main possible ways of its realization. The author considers the basic units in which this metaphor in the Russian linguoculture is verbalized.