THE CHURCH SLAVIC LEXICAL ELEMENTS IN THE DRAGI MIHAJLOVSKIʼS NOVELS Cover Image

Црковнословенските лексички елементи во романите на Драги Михајловски
THE CHURCH SLAVIC LEXICAL ELEMENTS IN THE DRAGI MIHAJLOVSKIʼS NOVELS

Author(s): Ljiljana Makarijoska
Subject(s): Morphology, Semantics, Historical Linguistics
Published by: Институт за македонска литература
Keywords: lexis; word formation; Church Slavic expressions; archaisms

Summary/Abstract: The Church Slavic lexical elements in the Mihajlovskiôs novels are used as powerful expressive tools, i.e. by using thoughtfully considered stylistic-expressive tools the stylistic-expressive values of the Church Slavic language are clearly reflected. The language of Dragi Mihajlovski is characterized by rare, but nuanced archaisms, by Church Slavic lexemes such as: besedi, dver, glagoli, obitel, hranitel. There are plenty complex words that are part of the Church Slavic lexical layer. Although inconsistently, the Church Slavic expressions are used without a considerable declination from the original meaning they had in the Church Slavic literacy, as in pastvo. Having in mind the aspect of word formation, the suffixformations with -nie, -ie, -nik, -tel, -stvo, -stvie are evident, while the non-suffix formations are impressive due to their poly-semiotic meaning; regarding the use of the prefixes in the authors linguistic expression, the prefixed lexemes, as well as the poly-prefixed lexemes are imbedded, such as: ispoizlezen, and the like. For a greater stylistic expression Mihajlovski skillfully uses the complex formations, expressions and quotations with biblical origin, the scripts and the similar.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 62
  • Page Range: 49-61
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Macedonian