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The present paper deals with the functioning of phraseological comparative constructions with biblical characters in dialects of East, West, and South Slavic languages. The characters of the Holy Scripture include not only the nameless and named heroes of the Bible but also the Creator himself as well as supernatural beings that serve or oppose the Creator. The description involves comparative phraseological units with an adjective that derives from a character of the Bible. Most of the analyzed Slavic dialectal phraseological units are fixed in dictionaries. The description of comparative phraseological units (if possible) is carried out from the positions of structural and semantic modelling, which allows to identify the lexical variation of components in the dialects of the same language or in various languages. In some cases, the paper includes areal characteristics of comparative constructions. For this purpose, the author shows their parallels in other linguistic and dialect regions. As a result, the paper reveals both structural and semantic biblical universals and phraseological units with national specificity, i.e. similes that have no equivalents (literary or non-Slavic). There are units that are specific for some regions, for example, phraseological units containing microtoponyms such as geographical objects that are not widely known. The national and regional identity is manifested both at the level of figurative basis and at the level of nonequivalent comparativism since some subjects can be active in one language, while they are peripheral or lacunary in another one. In some cases, phraseological units are provided with cultural, historical, and etymological comments which reveal not only the biblical and religious roots but also reflect the ancient mythological representations of the Slavs. The author gives an explanation to the meaning of similes and their components. The Old and New Testaments are a common element of the spiritual culture of Christians so the comparison reveals the similarity and repetition of comparative units, directly or indirectly related to the names of the characters of the Bible, or structural and semantic models in a particular area. At the same time, the phraseological units genetically ascending to the Bible show a quite large differentiation, demonstrating the peculiarity of the reception of biblical images by the Slavs, the unequal interest in them. Although the very name of the biblical character is often international, set similes containing it are not always the same. This is usually the case for pseudo-biblical phraseological units that have no direct links to the character of the Bible; they are usually inherent in folk speech and are often jokingly ironic. This is particularly evident in dialects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper is devoted to analyzing examples of the use of constructions "O + locative", which have the meaning of "basis of activity, instrument". Our interest in these examples is due, firstly, to the fact that this meaning of the preposition O is completely absent in modern Russian. Secondly, in some cases, this construction found in Old Slavonic texts is replaced in Church Slavonic by the construction "ВЪ + locative", which is a calque from the ancient Greek construction "dí + dative" (often having the meaning of "a tool") but this substitution is inconsistent. Thirdly, the constructions "O + locative" and "BЪ + locative" appear in the Old Slavonic manuscripts in parallel. The main aim of the study is to identify the shades of meaning that the creators of Old Slavonic texts distinguished in the ancient Greek construction "dí + dative", choosing "O + locative" as a variant of translation; and to determine whether the indicated meaning of the preposition O was original in the Slavic languages or this preposition was acquired in the process of translating Biblical texts. The research is based on the Sinai Psalter, the Zographic and Ostromir Gospels, the Ostroh and Elizabethan Bibles as well as the examples (contained in the dictionaries of the Old Slavic, Old Russian, and Church Slavonic languages) from the Mariinsky Four Gospels, Assemaniev's Gospel, Savin's book, Euchology of Sinai, and Supralsky manuscript. The construction "dí + dative" is translated not only by "O + locative". The former is also regularly translated by constructions of the instrumental case without a preposition (in Old Slavonic and Church Slavonic texts). The possibility of forming of the meaning of the action source under the influence of the construction "OTЪ + genitive" is also considered. In general, the dynamics of evolution of the meaning of "O + locative" is traced in the paper. It is concluded that the analyzed "O + locative" construction acquired the meaning of "basis of activity, instrument" at the time of the creation of Old Slavonic Bible translations. This is due to the process of reflection on the text, which became possible with the appearance of the written Slavonic language and the comparison of this construction with a simple instrumental case, combinations of "OTЪ + genitive" and "BЪ + locative", which in some cases acted as synonymous and could be chosen by translators either spontaneously or with the aim to express nuances of meaning. This is demonstrated with the elimination of ancient Greek tracing, as well as the reverse replacement of "O + locative" by "BЪ + locative". The instrumental case without a preposition was similar to "O + locative" in the expression of the causal meaning as well as in indicating the source of the action; the construction of "OTЪ + genitive", in addition to the similarity of meaning, in terms of spelling and phonetics also resembled "O + locative". The construction "O + locative" turned out to be more stable in the cases of indicating an animate source or basis of activity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The typology of Slavic languages has been frequently dealt with in different publications since the late 19th century. In this paper, the author reviews some of the most significant attempts aimed at the phonological, morphological, and syntactic levels of this typological research. It appears that the phonological classification first elaborated by Baudouin de Courtenay has remained reliable to this day. In morphology, however, the only method for categorization seems to be the identification of certain grammatical markers. Syntactic typology is still a young field of linguistics; nevertheless, there exist promising ventures in it, too. It is remarkable that the typological findings for the modern Slavic languages to a large extent coincide with the results of areal studies. Based on the information presented in the paper, the following implications can be made with reference to the typology of the specific linguistic levels in the Slavic languages. The most uniform level is that of phonological typology because in all the models presented here, a key role is played by two prosodic features: the opposition of long and short vowels, on the one hand, and the character of word stress, on the other. Thus, the phonological typology first elaborated by Baudouin de Courtenay has proved to be reliable up to the present. At least no competing theories in this field can be seen for the time being. As to morphological typology, it is not possible to identify features or criteria similar to the phonological models which could be applied for the differentiation of whatever morphological types. The Slavic languages, even Bulgarian and Macedonian, which have no nominal declension, have remained fusional (inflectional) languages, within which it is not easy to delineate further subtypes. So far, the only way of morphological categorization seems to be the identification and comparison of individual grammatical features of the different Slavic languages, as it is illustrated tentatively in Section 2. The syntactic typology of the Slavic languages is still a very young field of typological research. Therefore, it is impossible to arrive at any general conclusions on this matter (besides the ones mentioned in Section 3). The model offered by Haspelmath for the European languages looks quite promising but it is necessary to work out further details and specific methods so that it could be successfully applied specifically for the Slavic languages. One cannot fail to notice that the typological regularities specified by way of the morphological and syntactic observations in Sections 2 and 3, to a marked extent coincide with the facts of the areal (geographical) classification of the Slavic languages, as it was sharply noticed by Bogoroditsky, Janda, Tommola, and other researchers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper analyzes the Russian lexeme бабочка, offering to interpret it as an onomatopoeic word, connected by means of reduplication to the dialectal бякать ‘to beat, to hit'. The paper also discusses the word оелобрысыіі ‘tow-haired’, which is problematic from the point of view of etymology. Developing V. Orel’s hypothesis, the author offers to interpret this word as ‘covered with white; sprinkled with white’, connected to the interjection брысь ‘shoo’ and to the verb бросать ‘to throw’. The paper pays particular attention to the semantic and derivational aspects of the etymology of the word. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This Paper is intented to analyze the lexical and semantic Polonisms identified in "The Translator's Explication” and “The Preface to the Reader”, which precede the text of the Psalter 1683 in the translation of A. Firsov. The publication deals with 29 lexemes with 18 of them being lexical borrowings. In two cases, they are not direct borrowings (cf. глупый and читатель), but, most probably, are the result of the stimulating influence of the Polish language. According to the author, 11 words under analysis can be called semantic Polonisms. The paper also defines the role of the written language of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the process of the borrowing of these lexical elements. On the basis of the results of the analysis of the corpus, the author also touches upon the question of the translator’s personality which has remained debatable up to the present day. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present paper discusses the Russian lexemes гopлoпaН 'shouter, bawler' and КpЬlca 'rat', which are problematic from the point of view of etymology. The word ƨopлonaН can be explained as a compound, connected by grade haplology to Russian dialectal лonamь 'to shout' and ƨopлo 'throat': ƨopлonaН = ƨopлo-лon-aН > ƨopлonahН (because of expressivity). The Russian word Кpьlca is seen as an expressive doublet to Slavic gryz-. The paper is based on historical and lexicological material, and uses dialectal examples that ensure the reliability of conclusions. The author pays particular attention to the semantic, phonetic, and derivational aspects of the etymology of the word. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper focuses on interpretations of the term phraseological innovations or new phraseology. According to international stylistics, the latter are considered fixed linguistic units of idiomatic nature. The author presents the main conceptions of research targeting new phraseological units, and reviews the main sources of origin of new phraseological constructs, particularly those which are related to mass media. Conditions of functioning of new media phraseological units as sociopolitical, ethnographic, cultural, and educational markers are also considered. New phraseological constructs are analyzed in the scope of functional, stylistic, cognitive, and psycholinguistic aspects, which proves the topicality of this field of linguistic research. Particular focus is made on extralingual and intralingual factors causing creation of new phraseological units. Conditions stimulating wider use of phraseology in the mass media and its influence on Ukrainian language evolution are investigated in the paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of the present paper is to characterize types of information which can be received from studying the Ukrainian dialect vocabulary derivated from ethnic names. The possibility to reconstruct the notions of Ukrainians about ethnic groups through the analysis of motivating means of secondary coinage is outlined. In the paper, the author attempts to recreate the axiological portraits of Gypsies, Jews, and Poles on the basis of facts of naive knowledge about the subject incarnated in the internal form of dialectal lexical units. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present paper is devoted to issues related to creating a universal concept of café in the mentality of Russian and Polish speakers. In this paper, it is descriptively presented as 'a coffee-drinking place'. The results of the analysis do not allow for clearly establishing the name of this concept in the consciousness of Russian-language speakers. By contrast, in the mentality of Polish speakers, the discussed concept is included in the notion of "kawiarnia" (i.e. 'café') and it is verbalised by the same word kawiarnia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper demonstrates the change in the topic of Russian literature under the pressure of revolutionary events in Russia from 1917 to 1921. The author considers the gap between the concepts of “land” and “people”, traditionally indivisible in the Russian linguistic image of the world. On the one hand, the “motherland” plays a redemptive role in relation to the people betrayed by her, on the other, being ready to take them into her space, she is more worthy than her people. Historical and biblical analogies are also given in the paper. The author traces the deconstruction of the concept “people” in Russian literature in the 20th century and at the turn of the 20th and the 21st century. She determines the connection of this process not only to the unique history of 20th-century Russia but also to the worldwide globalization process and notes the apparent weakening of the traditional relationship between “lands” and their people. The author analyzes the works written by D. Merezhkovsky, S. Bulgakov, M. Prishvin, A. Remizov, S. Durylin, and M. Voloshin between 1917 and 1920. She uses historical-typological and hermeneutical methods and also conceptual and mythopoetic approaches in her paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present paper comprises a comprehensive study of the metaphoric use of proper names in a prominent piece of Russian memoirs – My Past and Thoughts by Alexander Herzen. Having been established as a regular semantic phenomenon in the Russian literary language by the middle of the 19th century, the onomastic allusive metaphor was fully accepted by Herzen with the whole spectrum of its conceptual, syntactic, evocative, and cognitive capabilities. Aligned with Herzen’s “explanatory metaphor”, his proper name allusions also play a noticeable part in both structuring the writer’s worldview and in the evolution of the text. Other peculiarities of Herzen’s onomastic allusive metaphor include a wide extension of the corpus of proper names used and the enrichment of their contextual representation. The findings presented in the paper are supported by a thorough analysis of vast linguistic material. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper deals with the twofold role of the written language of the Great Duchy of Lithuania in inter-Slavonic, mainly Polish–Russian language contacts, based on the material of diplomatic correspondence of Muscovy. The author summarizes the research data proving that the written language of the Great Duchy of Lithuania played the role of an active mediator in the 15th–17th centuries in Polish–Russian language contacts and it was a source of lexical and semantic borrowings in the Russian written language and in the Polish written language. What is more, the paper examines anew some lexical borrowings from the written language of the Great Duchy of Lithuania in the Russian Chancery language of the 17th century as well as in the Polish language: golosovati /galasovati ‘cry, make a noise; make a hubbub’, navyklyj ‘accustomed to, habitual’ and futor /chutor ‘small settlement; khutor (separated farm)’. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper deals with the national and gender specificity of Jelena Dimitrijević's travelogues. This specificity is significantly caused both by the phenomenon of women travelling, its literary representation (the female author achieves a special status leaving her home as the place prescribed by the patriarchal culture to women) and her own Balkan culture identity. Dimitrijević's texts are analyzed here in connection with the concept of the Balkan orientalism and the theory of nomadic subject. The paper considers the explicitly transnational character of Dimitrijević's writings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper focuses on Vasily Shukshin's "working records" dated from 1966. It is established that a lot of contexts and names are important for the interpretation of these records: from the antique myths to Russian literature. In the paper, it is proved that the motive of the waterway of a ship appears in Shukshin's texts as the concentrated symbol of spiritual aspirations, warm rushes, as the allegory of movement towards the aim and the overcoming of obstacles. At the same time, it is also a symbol of moral ascension, which is shown by the reflections about intelligence as the aim of the artist. The conclusion drawn is that the poetics of Vasily Shukshin's texts represents a very open and dialogical structure with wide referential installations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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