Izmestjeva, I. A. LANGUAGE MEANS OF SPATIAL-TEMPORARY RELATIONS DISPLAYING IN THE CHRONIC LETTER “Ѡ ОУБЬЄНЬИ БОРИСОВѢ” // Proceedings of Petrozavodsk State University. 2019. No 3 (180). P. 70–74. DOI: 10.15393/uchz.art.2019.311


Linguistics

LANGUAGE MEANS OF SPATIAL-TEMPORARY RELATIONS DISPLAYING IN THE CHRONIC LETTER “Ѡ ОУБЬЄНЬИ БОРИСОВѢ”

Izmestjeva
I. A. 		Tolyatti State University
Keywords:
space and time in the Old Russian picture of the world
horizontal and vertical axis
terrestrial and divine world
centre and periphery
colour codes
postposition and preposition of definitions
verbal forms		 Summary: It is considered the linguistic means of transferring space-time relations in the annalistic story “About the Murder of Borisov”. The material of study is the text of the Laurentian Chronicle, studies by V. I. Borkovsky, S. A. Bugoslavsky, S. P. Obnorsky, D. S. Likhachev, A. N. Uzhankova, A. A. Shakhmatov and other scientists were used. It is proved that the space in the story is organized along the vertical and horizontal axes. On the horizontal axis, the center and the periphery are contrasted: the sinner extends to the periphery, beyond the limits of space, and the saints (their powers) occupy the position in the centre. For this purpose the chronicler distinguishes main characters in the plot-composition structure of the text (Boris, Gleb, Yaroslav, Svyatopolk, Predeslava, druzhina, etc.) and geography of the events (Kiev, Vyshyorod, Smolensk, the Volga and Ltya rivers, St. Basil’s church). The signs of the spiritual space are the definitions of the Caines and the image of the Lord. The colour codes of holiness (light) and sin (darkness) serve as a designation of the boundary. In the story the terrestrial world is not given the colour characteristics and the divine world is rendered symbolically: light, radiant. Past forms of the verbs reflect the change in the events of the terrestrial life, the divine world as a timeless space is embodied by the present forms of verbs. The idea of the chronicle story was not only to inform the reader about the events of the struggle for the princely throne, to determine how the terrestrial world is connected with the divine one, but to reveal the divine side of the world and introduce the reader into a prayerful state.



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