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Verbalizing subjective experience of growing up in British and American cultures

Korshunova Alexandra Ivanovna

Ph. D. student, doctoral school of philology, National Research Uni-versity Higher School of Economics, Russia, Moscow, Alexan-dra.korshunova.96@gmail.com

Abstract

The paper examines the differences in the approaches to verbalizing subjective ex-perience of growing up in British and American cultures. The aim of this research is to analyze the characteristics of the British and American discourse of growing up. The study is based on a survey, in which respondents were provided with unfinished statements, they needed to complete based on their subjective experience. The re-sults of the analysis show that there are significant differences between two cultures. The British tend to verbalize growing up in neutral terms, expressing their perception of growing up as a stage of personal growth. Americans are more inclined to have a negative attitude towards growing up, which, according to the survey, is expressed in numerous associations with pain and anxiety.

Keywords

growing up; British culture; American culture; linguistic creativity; metaphor.

For citing: Korshunova A. I. (2025) Verbalizing subjectiveexperience of growing up in British and American cultures. Ethnopsycholinguistics. Moscow. INION RAN.Vol. 1 (20). pp. 96-112. DOI: 10.31249/epl/2025.01.06

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