The Functioning of Regionalisms Denoting Drinks in the Works of Local Authors as Exemplified by the Champagne-Ardennes Region Cover Image

Le fonctionnement des régionalismes désignant des boissons dans les oeuvres des auteurs du terroir : l’exemple des parlers de Champagne et des Ardennes
The Functioning of Regionalisms Denoting Drinks in the Works of Local Authors as Exemplified by the Champagne-Ardennes Region

Author(s): Tatiana Retinskaya
Subject(s): Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: champagne regiolect; Ardennes regiolect; drinks; regional novel; ways of semantisation; functions of regionalisms; vitality of regionalisms

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to analyse the elements of the corpus of the regional units which denote drinks, as well as to characterise traditions that are linked to the consumption of local alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages. The examples are taken from fi Champagne-Ardennes authors, whose works were published in the period between 1933 and 2015. The research is devoted to the diff ways of semantisation which the authors use as major constituents of describing the textual functioning. The special attention is paid to studying the vitality of regionalisms. The algorithm for studying the vital force of the words that are specific to the inhabitants of a particular territorial community in the 21st century is based not only on the included observation, questionnaires, and interviews, but also on a close cooperation with online communities. Twenty one informants from the communes of the Marne and Ardennes departments took part in the surveys carried out in April/May and July/August, 2018.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 195-203
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: French