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Linguistics as an instrument for constructing ethnocultural identity in Great Britain

Guermanova Natalia N.

Doctor of Science in Philology, Associate Professor, Professor at the Department of General and Comparative Linguistics, Moscow State Linguistic University, Russia, Moscow, nata-germanova@yandex.ru

Abstract

The author analyses the beginnings of Anglo-Saxon studies, which shed light on Anglo-Saxon language and culture before the Norman Conquest. The research ob-ject is the contribution of linguists to shape ethnocultural identity, when the value of Anglo-Saxon heritage raised doubts in the eyes of a large part of British intellectuals. The research covers works of British philologists in late 17th – early 18th centuries including their metatextual components, examined in the context of intellectual dis-cussions of that time.

Keywords

intellectual history; ethnocultural identity; Old English studies; antiquarians; Ox-ford saxonists; G. Hickes; E. Elstob.

For citing: Germanova N. N. (2025) Linguistics as an instrument for constructing ethnocultural identity in Great Britain. Ethnopsycholinguistics. Moscow. INION RAN.Vol. 1 (20). pp. 7-23. DOI: 10.31249/epl/2025.01.01

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