СВЯТОСТЬ И СВЯТЫЕ В ЗЕРКАЛЕ ДИАЛЕКТНОГО ДИСКУРСА ВОЛГО-ДВИНСКОГО МЕЖДУРЕЧЬЯ
SANCTITY AND SAINTS IN THE MIRROR OF THE DIALECT DISCOURSE OF THE INTERFLUVE AREA BETWEEN VOLGA AND DVINA

Summary/Abstract: The article refers to the notions of spiritual and religious categories which function in the dialects existing in the interfluve area betweenthe Volga and the Dvina rivers (Arkhangelsk, Vologda and Kostroma regions). The author examines the ways the informantsdescribe in their speech the categories of sanctity, the saints and different stories related to them. The main method is the analysis ofcontext compatibility, partner words and in some cases – figurative meanings. The understanding of the abstract category of sanctityby popular mind, linguistic transformations of saints’ names indicating their depersonalization, as well as reductions and modificationof legends related to saints are the points of interest. The main way of perceiving saints and sanctity in the popular culture is revealed,when the abstract idea is abandoned and concretized. As a result, some “parameters” of sanctity (which are often representedby the revision of canonization conditions) and stories about saints are formed. The connection between saints, sanctity and ritualsin the popular mind also attracts attention. The present study is topical thanks to its modern speech material, which reveals a worldpicture, typical for modern dialect speakers, and not an archaic one, which is fixed in the language. The relevance of the present studyis also due to the introduction of new material: filed notes data of Ural Federal University Toponimic Expedition.

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