LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF THE ANTHROPOCENTRIC INTERPRETATION OF OLD ENGLISH EPIC TEXTS
Keywords:
anthropocentrism, anthropocentric paradigm, Old English, epic text, folklore, linguistic worldview, mythological worldview, linguoculturology, cognitive linguistics, anthroponym, phraseological unit, semantic field, national mentality, heroism, conceptAbstract
The article examines the theoretical and linguistic aspects of the anthropocentric interpretation of Old English epic texts. Particular attention is paid to the process of human cognition and to the representation of human perceptions of nature, society, space and time through language and folklore. Mythological, religious, scientific and linguistic worldviews are considered as interconnected forms of interpreting objective reality. The study highlights the role of human cognition and national-cultural factors in the formation of the linguistic worldview. The position of the anthropocentric paradigm in modern linguistics and its connection with cognitive linguistics, linguoculturology, ethnolinguistics, psycholinguistics and linguistic pragmatics are also discussed.
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