Linguocultural Type “Philologist” in Russian and Chinese Creolized Texts
https://doi.org/10.24224/2227-1295-2026-15-4-241-259
Abstract
This paper explores the universal and ethnically specific figurative and evaluative constitutive features of the linguocultural type “Philologist” in Russian and Chinese linguocultures. The analysis focuses on creolized texts circulating in the Internet space that represent the philologist as a professional, typified personality. The findings reveal significant discrepancies in the representation of the philologist’s image across the two linguocultures under study. It has been established that the figurative feature of “appearance,” due to the iconic nature of creolized texts, is the only universal characteristic of the philologist. The study observes that the Russian philologist is predominantly characterized through his or her speech peculiarities, such as mastery of standard language and a desire to instill linguistic correctness in others. In contrast, the Chinese philologist is portrayed primarily in terms of moral and professional qualities. The evaluative component of the creolized texts is also ethnically specific: in Chinese linguoculture, the philologist is depicted as a responsible and wise individual, consistently in a highly positive light, whereas the Russian philologist is characterized by axiological ambivalence—being positively assessed only in terms of self-presentation as a specialist with rare and difficult-to-acquire skills. It is suggested that negative evaluations may stem from the philologist’s pedantry, intolerance of others’ speech errors, and the perceived obsolescence of the profession in contemporary society.
About the Authors
A. E. Buzheninov
Ural State University of Railway Transport
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexander E. Buzheninov – PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Intercultural Communications
Yekaterinburg
Tianying Li
Ural Federal University named after the First President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Li Tianying – Postgraduate student, Department of Linguistics and Professional Communication in Foreign Languages
Yekaterinburg
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Buzheninov A.E., Li T. Linguocultural Type “Philologist” in Russian and Chinese Creolized Texts. Nauchnyi dialog. 2026;15(4):241-259. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24224/2227-1295-2026-15-4-241-259
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