Goncharov Artyom S.
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Disclosure of British linguistic culture through the artistic aspect of the semantics of introductory words expressing confidence in the works of English RealistsMoscow University Translation Studies Bulletin. 2019. 3. p.92-104read more1107
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This article is about semantically introductory words expressing confidence and degrees of confidence found in the works by English classical realists of the 19th and 20th centuries. The purpose of the article is to study the British linguistic culture, lexical-semantic, sociocultural and ethnic characteristics reflected in literary texts, as well as to make a list of introductory words with conceptual meanings for further semantic analysis. The subject of the study is the English linguistic culture and polysemantic field; the object of the study is the semantics of introductory words in novels authored by English realist classics. The work is based on the diachronic approach of N. Enquist and the global synchronization method developed by J. Firbas. From this combination of synchrony and diachrony, a logical and comparative perception of the signifier and the signified is formed, that is, a theory (assumption) arises. From this contrast, the conclusion is drawn that even the figurativeness of speech itself conveys an inseparable perception of the concept, introductory words and the thesauri of the two sides in a dialogue. Polylogue has a similar significance, but its perception is much more difficult due to the presence of a large number of participants in the conversation. According to Zipf ’s law, the author cannot overload the text with a multitude of personal and demonstrative pronouns, and he must refrain from using the same words and concepts for at least three paragraphs. In addition, it is necessary to adhere to the alternation of various types of communication, viz. coordination, management and adjoining equally. All this allows not only to reveal the style of the author, but also to learn to perceive the literary text as a value-conceptual aspect of a linguistic culture.
Keywords: modal word, modal attitude, assessment orientation, language evolution, language norm, degree of confidence, diachronic approach, inflectional system
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Cogniosemantics of the absent structure in metacodes and lexicodes of English cultureMoscow University Translation Studies Bulletin. 2020. 1. p.77-91read more937
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This article is devoted to the study of cognitive semantics and semantic features of the missing structure. In the course of the study, a definition of the basic mechanism of the appearance, functioning and disappearance of the missing structure in the superconscious field is given. The significance of the transfer of metacodes and lexicodes through short-term self-destruction of a structure can be traced in the analysis of both literary text and various styles of speech. This significance is not represented by individual elements of the system (in a word, phrase, sentence, etc.), but by a constantly varying unit, however, different from an idiolect, where only numerous deviations do not allow an individual language to arise. This confirms the practical significance of the study: by revealing the most significant concepts that have a value aspect and releasing its conceptual content at the time of the formation of the missing structure, we can determine: the nature of compliance or non-compliance with linguistic norms (clarity, logic, accuracy, correctness of speech), the direction of argumentation, the specifics of thesauri of subjects of communicative interaction, as well as the presence or absence of lexical and semantic barriers to communication. It is also possible to trace the stylistic separation of the language vocabulary into the book and colloquial, as well as distinguish the categories of each, namely: for book vocabulary—terminological, poetic and category of historicisms, and for colloquial—colloquial, dialectic and phraseological. Having examined the tokens of the concept in this way, its entire value with respect to the historical period is revealed. Given the methodology of Umberto Eco, we combine the diachronic approach with the theory of local civilizations of Arnold J. Toynbee and the unconscious theory of Sigmund Freud, which allows us to connect the specifics of the appearance of the missing structure with the category of frames in cognitive linguistics.
Keywords: poetic text translation, deictics, reference, perception, concept, graduality
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Analysis of basic concepts and attractors of the Nart epic in the search for the historical and cultural path of development of the peoples of the North CaucasusMoscow University Translation Studies Bulletin. 2020. 4. p.96-110read more1381
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This article is devoted to the study of the conceptual, value and archetypal side of the Nart epic, as well as some language material on the side cycles of the Narts. The course of the study is based on an analysis of the cultural concepts and value attractors of Nartiada, which are common to the majority of the linguistic IberianCaucasian language family. In order to reveal the linguomental complex of representatives of the linguistic world that preceded the emergence of most of the linguistic cultures of the peoples of the North Caucasus, we use both general semantic analysis and cognitivesemantic analysis, while updating the corpus of cognitive linguistics. In studying the cognitivevalency system of some of the heroes of Nartiada, while taking into account the specifics of the poetic text and folklore as a whole, we use the archetypal concept of K.G. Jung in its American variation to simplify the diachronic examination of the language. This approach makes it possible to use concrete examples to show the existence and evolution of concepts in individual languages, e. g. we touch on the specifics of the Ossetian (Ironic), Adyghe, Abkhaz, Chechen and Abaza languages of the IberianCaucasian language family. To illustrate the influence of the Nart epic on the Caucasian languages, we use some material from the Abazin language (the IberianCaucasian language family) and the Armenian language (the IndoEuropean language family) to show not only the existence and evolution of similar cultural concepts, but also the heterogeneous influence of Nartiades on different language families and language groups. The manifestation of cultural concepts and value attractors is also shown by the example of the nature and actions of the main characters of Nartiade from the cycles: “The Beginning of the Narts,” “Grounding” and the heroic cycle itself. The basis for the study is the linguistic and historical material accumulated by the expert in Caucasian studies T.A. Guriev and culturologist V.V. Ivanov.
Keywords: cultural concept, value attractor, linguistic complex, language world, archetype, intercultural communication, updated language
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An analysis of religious and cult-ritual vocabulary of the gothic language based on texts of Wulfila’s gothic bibleMoscow University Translation Studies Bulletin. 2021. 1. p.52-74read more781
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This article is devoted to the study of religious and cult-ritual concepts of the Gothic language. In the course of the research, the processing of historical and linguistic material is carried out, which allows us to analyze the GermanGothic mentality, taking into account, first of all, the specificity of the text of the Gothic Bible. In the study of Germanic and Gothic culture, in particular, a deepening into the lexical and semantic component of the biblical text is carried out. The relationship between the main ethnolinguistic features, the GermanGothic linguistic personality and the linguistic picture of the Gothic vocabulary allows us to look differently at the traditions, life and customs that existed in the Gothic culture. Thus, thanks to the classification and analysis of key religious concepts and value attractors that were part of the hierarchical model of the Gothic tribes’ representation of the essence of the world and the place of man in it, we find a reflection of spiritual and cultural life, recorded by Wulfila in the late 4th — early 5th centuries. In the given concepts, there are accompanying passages from the Holy Scriptures, as well as scenes of everyday life, captured in the form of the author’s comments and in translations of the Gospels of Matthew, John, Luke and Mark. Particular attention is paid to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, since it is in them that most of the author’s “additions” and comments are contained. Translations of the last Epistles of Paul supplement the information received about the life of the Gothic tribes, since they contain direct evidence of a semiotic space in which the cultural and religious concepts of the Germanic and German-Gothic mentality, intersecting in many sociolinguistic aspects, form a single idea of the Gothic linguo-mental complex.
Keywords: religious concept, linguo-mental complex, semiosphere, cultural and linguistic field, linguistic personality, ritual, ceremony
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Allusions and reminiscences in the works by Joseph BrodskyMoscow University Translation Studies Bulletin. 2021. 4. p.147-164read more736
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This article examines allusions and the most significant reminiscences found in the works by Joseph Brodsky. In the course of the research, we analyze Brodsky’s quotes, analogies, paraphrases and main references to the works authored by famous Russian and foreign writers, poets and cultural figures. A special place in the article is occupied by Brodsky’s allusions to the poetic activities of Alexander S. Pushkin. The use of allusions and open reminiscences is characteristic of postmodern literature. In Joseph Brodsky’s works, allusions allow one to show the evolution of concepts, heroes, scenes of action, or to look at any social or philosophical problem from the author’s perspective. Open reminiscences are usually combined with paraphrases and pastiches, with a deliberate change in the intention of the author or authorhero. Hidden reminiscences make it possible to create a dialogue between two authors within the framework of a poetic work. The Soviet period of Joseph Brodsky’s creative work is characterized by the presence of a large number of references to Russian poets. Brodsky analyzes the social problems they identified. These problems become the subject-matter of Brodsky’s heroes’ discussions. Within the framework of philosophical reasoning, Brodsky criticizes various aspects of modern society, sometimes Soviet society is directly criticized. The American period is most valuable for determining the nature of the influence of other poets and writers on Brodsky’s legacy. With a detailed study of the author’s poetry, you can see that his work was significantly influenced by such figures as: Homer, Guy Virgil Catullus, William Shakespeare, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, William Butler Yeats, Robert Frost, Wistan Hugh Auden, as well as Alexander S. Pushkin, Fyodor I. Tyutchev, Ivan S. Turgenev and Afanasy A. Fet. We set ourselves a task of showing the degree of influence of these authors on Brodsky’s work by analyzing the main reminiscences and allusions in his poetry.
Keywords: postmodernism, allusion, reminiscence, hyperrealism, distortion, intention, paraphrase
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Russian-Soviet experience of translating the poem “Annabelle Lee” by Edgar Allan PoeMoscow University Translation Studies Bulletin. 2023. 1. p.53-79read more359
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This article is devoted to the study of the tradition of translating the romantic poetry of Edgar Allan Poe into Russian. The work of Edgar Allan Poe is distinguished by the grace of the Gothic landscape, a skillful combination of the mystical and romantic aspects of the inner experiences of the individual, the acute struggle of the lofty ideal with social reality. “Madness as art” is a distinctive feature of the search for love of Poe’s lyrical heroes, a feature of their perception of the world. The poetry of the author conveys his inner experiences, which, as a rule, are the personal motives of the lyrical heroes. This specificity significantly complicates the translation of poetry. The author’s last poem “Annabel Lee” generalizes the image of “eternal love”, and the stylistic and lexical-semantic features of the poem testify to the fullness of the artistic world with cultural, mystical-religious, emotional, religious and cult-ritual concepts. Despite the fact that Poe has been criticized for his penchant for formalism, his poetic skill is considered the ideal type of maintaining the unity and integrity of artistic impression. The mechanical preservation of form, characteristic of Poe’s early work, was embodied in his last poem. For the linguistic embodiment of “eternal love” the author contrasts archetypes and forms of interaction between the earthly and heavenly worlds. Adhering to the position of the need for deep, gradual and methodical work on the poem, Poe created a unique synthetic world saturated with the spirit of Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the New Time. The image of Annabel Lee has retained the features of Lenore, Helena, Ligeia and other female characters that were created by the author in poetry and prose. The translations made by K. Balmont, V. Bryusov and V. Fedorov are considered to be classical ones. We aim to analyze other well-known translations by S. Andreevsky, D. Sadovnikov, L. Umants, V. Zhabotinsky, A. Olenich-Gnenenko. The result of the research was the identification of the translation features of the poem at the compositional, stylistic, lexical and semantic levels.Keywords: style, composition, distortion, form, characteristic, concept, motif
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