Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: The article considers the naming of minerals in the Middle Polissia dialects, since the traditional folk culture of the Polissia area remains a valuable material for scientific research in various branches of science. The studies have been based on the author’s field records obtained from 55 dialects of Zhytomyr Oblast, the north of Rivne Oblast and Kyiv Oblast. Current research materials concerning Ukrainian terminology for the earth’s interior have been analyzed and generalized; system description for traditional beliefs about mineral resources in the Middle Polissia dialects has been conducted on the basis of analysis of integrated cultural text. The main research methods include descriptive method, by which collected field records of dialect texts have been represented, and comparative method. During the analysis of the respondents’ narrations variety of terms for mineral resources designation on the territory of the Middle Polissia has been determined: clay, lime, ore, peat, rocks, sand, etc. The significance of the local earth’s interior in the human activity has been proved. The material of the research lexical clusters "Mineral nomination" has been classified, the main lexico-semantic groups have been identified: lexico-semantic group of mineral resources names in the Middle Polissia dialect; lexico-semantic group for designation of ceremonial actions connected with mineral extraction; lexico-semantic group of attributive characteristics of mineral resources; lexico-semantic group for designation of location of mineral resources deposits. The presented fragments of texts about the minerals indicate the preservation of mineral names in the Middle Polissia dialects, the motivation of names of localities depending on the local deposits of minerals.
Author: A. Plechko
Institution: Polissia National University
Language: English
Topic: Language and Culture
Subfield: Linguistics and Language
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4308331206