Языковая и территориальная идентичности: национально-этническое самосознание через призму знаково-символической интерпретации

Abstract

National-ethnic selfconsciousness is represented in a sign-symbolic interpretation of the linguistic and territorial identity of the Georgian people. A distinctive feature of the study is that such an interpretation introduces a certain degree of objectivity into the ethnographic research, and thereby provides an opportunity to consider the national-ethnic self-knowledge or identity of the Georgian people both on linguistic identification based on knowledge of the Georgian language and territorial affiliation. The purpose of this study is to combine different perspectives that relate to research issues connected with human language and territory and/or geographical environment. It has been hypothesized that both linguistic and territorial identities of the Georgian people are among the determining factors of national selfconsciousness in general. The multidimensional design of the study, the interpretation of the natural Georgian language codification in the concepts of semiotics and identity through the perception of territorial belonging through the prism of semiotic ethnography are based on the analysis of the description of the Georgian language, landscape and architecture.