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ENGLISH IDIOMS OF THE BIBLE IN DIACHRONY
- Authors: Mukhin S.V.1, Efremova D.A.1
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- Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Foreign Ministry of Russia
- Issue: No 12(893) (2024)
- Pages: 47-54
- Section: Linguistics
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2542-2197/article/view/291718
- ID: 291718
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Abstract
The article aims at diachronic analysis of the structural and semantic aspects of idiomatic word-combinations in the Old, Middle, and New English psalters (9th-17th centuries) translated from the Latin Vulgate version. With resort to the methods of linguocultural, componental and contextual analysis, phraseological identification and corpus method, the article addresses the problems of etymology, semantics and structure of biblical idioms in diachrony. The research focuses on the attributes of phraseological loan-translation and stresses a gradual digression from the principle of literality in translating the original Latin word-combinations. The semantic and formal evolution of biblical idioms is analyzed on the example of specific contexts.
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Sergey Vladimirovich Mukhin
Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Foreign Ministry of Russia
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Email: s.muhin@inno.mgimo.ru
PhD (Philology), Associate Professor of the English Language Department # 1 Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Foreign Ministry of Russia
Russian FederationDaria Andreevna Efremova
Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Foreign Ministry of Russia
Email: efremovadarya@yandex.ru
PhD (Philology), Senior Lecturer of the English Language Department # 1 Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Foreign Ministry of Russia
Russian FederationReferences
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