God Knows How It Turns Out: On Three Constructions Including bog 'god', čert 'devil' and Some Taboo Words in the Russian Language over the Last Three Centuries
God Knows How It Turns Out: On Three Constructions Including bog 'god', čert 'devil' and Some Taboo Words in the Russian Language over the Last Three Centuries
Author(s): Evgeniya V. Budennaya, Kristina Litvintseva, Anastasia N. YakovlevaSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Semantics, Eastern Slavic Languages
Published by: Jazykovedný ústav Ľudovíta Štúra Slovenskej akadémie vied
Keywords: Russian language; construction; semantics; discourse formulae; diachrony
Summary/Abstract: The constructions with the anchor [Noun-Nom Verb (meaning 'to know')] are very productive in Russian. In this article we show that variables such as Bog 'God', čert 'devil' and xer/xren 'X/horseradish' have some common patterns, as well as some shifts with exclusive patterns in semantics and constructionalization.
Journal: Jazykovedný časopis
- Issue Year: 74/2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 19-31
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English
