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Folk-Etymology, and its Influence on Metatron Traditions [PDF]
Abstract This paper takes a new approach to the contentious area of the etymology of Metatron, applying the lessons learnt from biblical folk-etymologies which have been shown to actively influence the writing of narratives. In the first section one such possible folk-etymology is proposed, based around the sequence TTR as a divine name in Metatron ...
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CREATIVITY OF THE BUKOVINIAN FOLK PRAYERS
Prayer is a multifaceted phenomenon of the humanitarian paradigm of thinking: prayer is a genre of fiction, a fideistic text, a genre of confessional communication, a folklore text.
Natalia RUSNAK
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On Semantic and Motivationsl Reconstruction of Russian Dialect Word LUTONYA
The question of the origin of Russian dialect word lutonya recorded by dialectal dictionaries in several meanings related to personal characteristics of the man: ‘slow man,’ ‘scruffy man,’ ‘liar,’ ‘tall man’ is considered.
E. A. Borisova
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Adalékok a nyelvhasználók családnevekkel kapcsolatos ismeretéhez
Comments on language users’ knowledge about family names The paper presents the conclusions drawn from a 2010 questionnaire survey of adult language users’ knowledge about, and attitudes to their own names, family names from their places of ...
Anita Schirm
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Revisiting the Paronymic Attraction to a Personal Name: the Name Elena in Russian Dialects [PDF]
The article focuses on Russian dialectal words, which are full homonyms of the name Elena or its derivatives (Alyona, Alyonka, Elenka, Lena, Lenka) included into the same morphosemantic field.
Lyubov A. Feoktistova
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Science of people and anthropology of man [PDF]
A determination of a relationship between ethnology and anthropology with etymology as a starting point, loses a developmental dimension. Besides, a reduction in anthropology to the question:' What is a man' and discussion of 'general characteristics of ...
Kovačević Ivan
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These short notes discuss the specific names of the disguise and mask rituals of the Greek folk calendar cycle, their probable etymology, and theories elaborated thus far on their origin.
Walter Puchner
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The Onomasticon of “Stolbists” [PDF]
The article studies proper names (toponyms and anthroponyms) and specific terms used among the “Stolbists,” a group of people practicing free climbing (without rigging equipment) on the rocks of the Stolby (“Pillars”) Nature Reserve in the vicinities of ...
Liliya Z. Podberezkina
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A MEMORIAL TO THE ORAL HERITAGE OF SIBERIAN TATARS
The compilation and initial examination of the Siberian Tatar folk literature heritage was initiated by German scholar W. W. Ladloff in the second half of the XIX.
Ramilya YARULLİNA YILDIRIM
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THE CRAFT MASTERY OF FOLK ARTISANS IN ROMANIA BEFORE AND AFTER 1989 [PDF]
The article deals with a series of aspects defining the “craftwork” process as a technical and artistic effort among the contemporary representatives of the peasant traditions in Romania.
MARIN CONSTANTIN
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