UPON SOME LEXICALIZATIONS OF CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY IN THE 1648 CALVINIST CATECHISM
UPON SOME LEXICALIZATIONS OF CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY IN THE 1648 CALVINIST CATECHISM
Author(s): Judit PálSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: lexicalization; Christianity; loanword; calque; semantic transfer
Summary/Abstract: Christianity not only brought about essential calitative transformations in the conceptualization of the world but it also determined a radical renewal of the national languages’ vocabulary. The present paper focuses on the Romanian lexicalizations of some of the main notions of Christian spirituality, such as ‘believer’, ‘fellow’, ‘consolation’, ‘piety’, ‘communion’, ‘redemption’ and ‘resurrection’, which are to be found in the Calvinist Catechism printed in 1648. Apart from continuing a relatively established tradition regarding the designation of these concepts, in certain cases, the Romanian translator himself creates new lexemes by means of lexical borrowing and loan translation.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 06
- Page Range: 968-980
- Page Count: 13
- Language: Romanian