Zhivaya starina in Nikita Ilyich Tolstoy’s historical ethnolinguistics Cover Image

„Živaja starina” w programie etnolingwistyki historycznej Nikity Iljicza Tołstoja
Zhivaya starina in Nikita Ilyich Tolstoy’s historical ethnolinguistics

Author(s): Stanisława Niebrzegowska-Bartmińska
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Comparative Linguistics, Western Slavic Languages, Eastern Slavic Languages, South Slavic Languages, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: historical ethnolinguistics; Slavic literary language; Old Slavic; linguistic geography; Moscow School of Ethnolinguistics; language and culture; ethnolinguistic dictionary; Polesie expedition;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the figure of Nikita Ilyich Tolstoy, the founder of the Moscow School of Ethnolinguistics, a historical philologist, linguist, and ethnologist. Nikita Tolstoy researched in the history of Slavic cultures and languages, Slavic comparative linguistics, folk studies, ethnography, and mythology. In his approach, he jointly considered language and spiritual culture, the language of creative activity of a community, and the relationships between them. The article presents and discusses the main ideas of Tolstoy’s rich body of research.

  • Issue Year: 35/2023
  • Issue No: 35
  • Page Range: 9-25
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish