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O. Yu. Smirnova
O. Yu. Smirnova
Voronezh Institute of Economics and Law
Voronezh Institute of Economics and Law

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Language and culture
  • Date submitted
    2007-08-18
  • Date accepted
    2007-10-24
  • Date published
    2008-02-01

The power of the word

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The abstract elucidates the primitive concept of the Word, the latter being presented as a talisman, charm, amulet, totem, fetish and functioning accordingly. The object appears as an essential attribute of different rites and ceremonies. The data are obtained by means of adjectival classifiers linguistic analysis of the lexemes word (English) and слово (Russian).

How to cite: Smirnova O.Y. The power of the word // Journal of Mining Institute. 2008. Vol. 175. p. 155-156.