Semantics and motivation of the concept of health in Russian dialects Cover Image

О семантико-мотивационных связях некоторых средств выражения понятия здоровье в русских диалектах
Semantics and motivation of the concept of health in Russian dialects

Author(s): Alla Kozhinowa
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: axiological concept health; motivational patterns; Russian dialectal lexis

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on two motivational patterns involved in the axiological concept of health in Russian dialects. These are “health← firmness, strength, power>> and “health ← movement, location in a place>>. It is claimed that recurrent motivation patterns consolidate a large variety of expressions that convey the axiological concept health to a limited number of patterns. This becomes evident when not only word-formational motivation (the so-called “near>> motivation) but also the inner form of a word (the so-called “distant>> motivation) is considered. At the same time, popular consciousness within the boundaries of one pattern can reveal ambivalent views of reality.

  • Issue Year: 33/2021
  • Issue No: 33
  • Page Range: 67-80
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Russian