СКАЗИТЕЛЬСКИЙ ИДИОЛЕКТ Т. Г. РЯБИНИНА (на материале словаря былинной лексики)
IDIOLECT OF A RUSSIAN STORYTELLER TROFIM RYABININ (DRAWING ON THE LEXICAL DICTIONARY OF RUSSIAN BYLINAS)

Summary/Abstract: This research into the creative experience of an outstanding Russian storyteller Trofi m Ryabinin is a part of a fundamental study onpersonality in the cultural and language process. The authors assumed that individual differentiation of speech can be observed notonly in everyday communication, but also in professional or creative spheres. The texts of bylinas (Old Russian heroic narrative poetry) vividly show the authenticity and individuality of gifted Russian storytellers. Ryabinin’s versions of bylinas recorded nearthe northeastern shore of Lake Onega and represented lexicographically in the dictionary of the Russian folklore language composedby the authors formed the empirical base for the research. The search of the specifi c language characteristics of the epic poems wasfacilitated by the structure of the bylina lexis dictionary entries which contained such additional information as the bylina plot, itscirculation area and the storyteller’s name. The research revealed that Trofi m Ryabinin’s storytelling idiolect is characterized byhapaxes, original compound words created by Ryabinin, a large number of diminutives, unconventional epithets, prevailing wordusages, and fi xed collocations. It was confi rmed that the dictionary of the Russian folklore language composed by the Kursk linguofolkloristswith its multifaceted entries can be used as a solid base for addressing various theoretical issues, including those connectedwith the idiolects of bylinas narrators.

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