GREEK BORROWINGS IN THE RELIGIOUS STYLE OF WORSHIP  IN RUSSIAN AND MOLDAVIAN/ROMANIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH Cover Image

GREEK BORROWINGS IN THE RELIGIOUS STYLE OF WORSHIP IN RUSSIAN AND MOLDAVIAN/ROMANIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH
GREEK BORROWINGS IN THE RELIGIOUS STYLE OF WORSHIP IN RUSSIAN AND MOLDAVIAN/ROMANIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

Author(s): Vera Frolova
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Lexis, Semantics, Historical Linguistics
Published by: Biblioteca Ştiinţifică a Universităţii de Stat Alecu Russo
Keywords: Greek borrowings; religious style; stylistic and expressive function; worship; Russian; Moldavian/ Romanian church;

Summary/Abstract: The article is dedicated to the problem of Greek lexical borrowings in the Russian and Romanian religious style of worship. Special attention is paid to the analysis of specific Greek words that have preserved their sound and semantics. These ones are categorized into groups. There have been also stated ideas about the importance of the stylistic and expressive function of Greek borrowings in Russian and Romanian religious texts of worship.

  • Issue Year: 2/2017
  • Issue No: IX
  • Page Range: 15-20
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English
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