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Anglo-Saxon concept “wood” as an element
of national mentality
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V.I. Bykanova
Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University, 195251, Russia
The research is done within the framework of cognitive linguistics and is aimed at the
reconstruction of national mentality. We offer to use place-names for cognitive studies,
thus broadening their scope. Hence, we emphasize the importance of recreating Anglo-
Saxon concept “wood”. For reconstructing the concept we employed an original method,
based on the system of substantial, anthropological, economic, protective, locative, ori-
entation, affective and habitation descriptors. This approach permits to focus on the spe-
cific ethnic characteristics of Anglo-Saxon concept “wood/forest”. We conclude that this
element plays an important part in the ethnic mentality.
Keywords:
descriptor, cognitive linguistics, concept, ethnic mentality, place-name stud-
ies, ethnicity.
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Bykanova V.I.
(b. 1962), Cand. Sci. (Philology), the Head of the Department “English
for Physics and Mathematics”, Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University.
Honorary Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation. Research
interests include cognitive linguistics. e-mail:
valvox@yandex.ru