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Обозначение целостности времени и его периодов в славянских говорах
The Designation of the Wholeness of Time and Its Periods in Slavic Dialects

Author(s): Mikhail Kondratenko
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Cultural history, Applied Linguistics, Morphology, Lexis, Semantics, Sociolinguistics, Descriptive linguistics, Eastern Slavic Languages, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Институт за български език „Проф. Любомир Андрейчин“, Българска академия на науките
Summary/Abstract: In this article, an attempt is made to interpret the concept of time from the perspective of designating the integrity and completeness of time periods using words like *cělъ and *vьsь, as well as through other lexical means. The semantic features of these words in various Slavic dialects, primarily North Slavic ones, are analyzed. Conclusions are drawn about their emotional and quantitative characteristics of periods. Dialectal expressions for past, present, and future are also explored, which, thanks to the synthesis of meanings within a single lexeme, create a synthesized image of time where past, present, and future are not separated but transition into one another, forming a unified whole.

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