THE LINGUOCULTUROLOGICAL OPPOSITION ONE’S OWN ~ SOMEBODY ELSE’S IN THE DISPUTES ON PHILOLOGICAL NOTIONS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE XIX CENTURY
The article deals with the semantic history of the notions belles-lettres and literature in the first half of the XIX century in their synonymic and antonymous relations. In the research the linguistic problem is considered against the background of ideological and culturological disputes between the Westernizers and the Slavophiles, which affect the meaning and usage of the notions. Having a negative attitude to borrowings in general Slavophiles give preference to the term “literature”.