English Mytholexemes in a Diachronic Aspect

Authors

  • Elena M. Shevchenko Belgorod National Research University
  • Vladislav A. Kuchmistyy Belgorod National Research University
  • Nikolay S. Tsybulya Belgorod National Research University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52575/2712-7451-2022-41-1-166-174

Keywords:

categorization, mytholexeme, seme, mythonym, exicalization

Abstract

Archetypal knowledge and ideas of humanity about the surrounding reality are represented at the linguistic level in the form of lexemes. The object of research of this article is mytholexemes, which are the result of lexicalization of mythological symbolism. Lexical units that denote mythical creatures are called mytholexemes or mythonyms, they, like lexical units, perform a nominative, significative function, differing in syncretism, that is the non-separability of the entity and its name. We believe that it is possible to differentiate the meanings of words with the general archiseme "fairy-tale creature" by applying the method of oppositions based on the allocation of privative, equipolent and graded oppositions. The purpose of this article is to study the structural, semantic and functional features of English mytholexemes in the diachronic aspect, as well as to consider the word-forming potential of mytholexemes as derived units.

Author Biographies

Elena M. Shevchenko, Belgorod National Research University

PhD in Philology, Associate Professor of the Department of English Philology and Intercultural Communication, Institute of Intercultural Communication and International Relations, Belgorod National Research University, Belgorod, Russia

Vladislav A. Kuchmistyy, Belgorod National Research University

PhD in Philology, Associate Professor of the Department of English Philology and Intercultural Communication, Institute of Intercultural Communication and International Relations, Belgorod  National Research University, Vice-Rector for International Cooperation, Belgorod, Russia

Nikolay S. Tsybulya, Belgorod National Research University

PhD in Philology, Director of the Department of International Cooperation, Associate Professor of the Department of Romano-Germanic Philology and Intercultural Communication of Belgorod National Research University,  Belgorod, Russia

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2022-04-08

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Shevchenko, E. M., Kuchmistyy, V. A., & Tsybulya, N. S. (2022). English Mytholexemes in a Diachronic Aspect. Issues in Journalism, Education, Linguistics, 41(1), 166-174. https://doi.org/10.52575/2712-7451-2022-41-1-166-174

Issue

Vol. 41 No. 1 (2022)

Section

Linguistics

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