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Onomastikon vostochnoslavianskikh zagadok [The Onomasticon of East Slavic Riddles]
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This book constitutes the first dictionary in the fields of East Slavic folklore studies and ethnolinguistics to catalog proper names appearing in Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian riddles. The material, collected and systematized by the author, significantly expands our understanding of the East Slavic worldview, as well as the typology of riddles and related genres. The first part of the book provides information on which proper names are employed to encode specific phenomena. The second part is devoted to instances where proper names are utilized for purposes other than encoding.
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This book constitutes the first dictionary in the fields of East Slavic folklore studies and ethnolinguistics to catalog proper names appearing in Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian riddles. The material, collected and systematized by the author, significantly expands our understanding of the East Slavic worldview, as well as the typology of riddles and related genres. The first part of the book provides information on which proper names are employed to encode specific phenomena. The second part is devoted to instances where proper names are utilized for purposes other than encoding.
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Author
Iudin Aleksei
Publisher
OGI
ISBN
9785942823078
Format
Hardcover
Year Published
2007
Pages
120
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This book constitutes the first dictionary in the fields of East Slavic folklore studies and ethnolinguistics to catalog proper names appearing in Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian riddles. The material, collected and systematized by the author, significantly expands our understanding of the East Slavic worldview, as well as the typology of riddles and related genres. The first part of the book provides information on which proper names are employed to encode specific phenomena. The second part is devoted to instances where proper names are utilized for purposes other than encoding.