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Vol 175
Pages:
155-156
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RUS
Article

The power of the word

Authors:
O. Yu. Smirnova
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  • Voronezh Institute of Economics and Law
Date submitted:
2007-08-18
Date accepted:
2007-10-24
Date published:
2008-05-15

Abstract

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).

Область исследования:
(Archived) Language and culture
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None

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