Ambiguity of the Word 'Road' in Russian Folklore Language

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10.2991/iccessh-18.2018.166How to use a DOI?

Keywords

path-way; folklore language; synonymous approximation; quasi synonymy; ambiguity; diffuziness of meanings

Abstract

This paper considers the ambiguity of meanings of the word 'road’ in Russian folklore, studies the principle of interchangeable relationship in folklore language, based on the similarity of the concepts rather than of the meanings. Through the phenomena of the paradigm of accuracy, synonymous approximation and quasi synonymy the existence of the correlative emphatic constructions type, such as ‘path-way’, ‘swan-geese’, ‘friends-comrades’ and other, is explained. This demonstrates that the laconic brevity of folklore language and its apparent simplicity underneath are like a transparent water depth where even one word is capable of transferring ‘the abyss of space’ of thought and feeling of the immense complex psychic processes into a harmonious unity with the beauty of the folklore world.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Elena Mikitchenko
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DA  - 2018/07
TI  - Ambiguity of the Word 'Road' in Russian Folklore Language
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Humanities (ICCESSH 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 732
EP  - 736
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/iccessh-18.2018.166
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