Christian religious constructions and their folk and colloquial naming (in the texts by E.V. Chestnyakov and current patois of the Unzha area)
https://doi.org/10.20310/2587-6953-2021-7-27-393-401
Abstract
We consider the peculiarities of ecclesionyms functioning in Unzha patois from the point of their form, semantic structure and speech usage. The research is based on the texts of the local writer E.V. Chestnyakov, as well as field materials collected in Kologriv and its environs. We analyze a number of religious constructions names and identify their connection with the topography of the area. We pay special attention to identify the sacred elements of the interior decoration of the chapel closest to the writer's house, where in the texts of E.V. Chestnyakov adjoins Church Slavonic and folk and colloquial vocabulary, as well as the status in the patois of the lexeme chapel, which can be considered as a transform of a common noun into a proper name, which is typical for small territories. We note that a specific feature of the ecclesionims, the names of the Unzha churches, which act as local topographic signs, are such types of metonymy as the transfer of one of the side-altars to the entire temple name – the temple name to the village, and the village name to the temple. We conclude that the live folk speech re-codes complex official names into short, and often different, variants. Often, the transformed names of religious constructions reflect dialectal phenomena and the local topography features.
About the Author
E. G. Veselova
The Kostroma State Historical, Architectural & Arts Museum Reserve
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elena G. Veselova, Senior Research Scholar of Storage and Study of Museum Collections Department
7 Mira Ave., Kostroma 156000
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Veselova E.G. Christian religious constructions and their folk and colloquial naming (in the texts by E.V. Chestnyakov and current patois of the Unzha area). Neophilology. 2021;7(27):393-401. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.20310/2587-6953-2021-7-27-393-401
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