La maternité divine de la Vierge Marie en langue française
The Divine Maternity of Virgin Mary in French Language
Author(s): Felicia DumasSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Universitatea Tehnică "Gheorghe Asachi" din Iaşi
Keywords: divine motherhood; Orthodoxy; French language, discursive usage; Mother of God (Theotokos);
Summary/Abstract: The present article proposes a semantic and lexical analysis of a series of French words referring to the divine motherhood of Virgin Mary, the one who has given birth to the Son of God. Our analysis addresses a wide range of nouns, verbs, adjectives and phrases belonging to the specialized field of Christian religious terminology (and specifically the Orthodox subfield), such as: sein (n.m.) [breast], Théotokos (nom propre) [Theotokos], enfantement (n.m.) [begetting] – enfanter (v.tr.) [beget], maternité divine et virginité de la Mère de Dieu [the divine motherhood and virginity of Virgin Mary], couvrir de l’ombre du Saint-Esprit [abide in the shadow of the Holy Ghost], conception virginale [virginal conception], entrailles (n.m. au pluriel) [womb], irréprochable vs. immaculée (adj.) [blameless versus immaculate], etc., based on their discursive and poetic usage, within a corpus consisting in several liturgical texts of French Orthodoxy.
Journal: Buletinul Institutului Politehnic din Iași secția Științe Socio-Umane
- Issue Year: 65/2019
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 23-34
- Page Count: 12
- Language: French
