“Western” Cultural Linguistics and “Post-soviet” Linguoculturology: Causes of Parallel Development.

Abstract

The article discusses main causes of parallel development of “western” Cultural Linguistics and “post-soviet” Linguoculturology. The findings show that these reasons can be quite simple: “English speaking” Cultural Linguistics and “Russian speaking” Linguoculturology as well as a slow emergence of post-soviet science outside its area, despite the global integration of modern science. Besides, different theoretical and methodological traditions, effecting both their theoretical basis and analytical tools, make it difficult for both subjects to be in “close” connection.