THE CONCEPTS OF “MIND” AND “WISDOM” IN THE DIACHRONIC ASPECT

V. P. Zavalnikov,
Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Рrofessor,
Dostoevsky Omsk State University 55a Prospekt Mira, Omsk, 644077, Russian Federation ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6005-5247
e-mail: vladimir-zavalnikov@yandex.ru
E. S. Saveleva,
Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Рrofessor,
Omsk humanitarian Academy, 2а 4th Cheluskintsev st., Omsk, 644105, Russian Federation ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-9077

THE CONCEPTS OF “MIND” AND “WISDOM” IN THE DIACHRONIC ASPECT

Introduction. The article is devoted to the correlation of two similar concepts “mind” and “wisdom” in the Russian linguistic picture of the world in the diachronic aspect. The main task set by the authors is to trace the evolution of the semantics of these concepts.

Materials and methods. The study was conducted on the basis of a comparative method, as well as the method of semantic reconstruction.

Results. In the course of the research the following results were obtained: the correlation of the con- cepts “mind” and “wisdom” has now changed significantly compared to the old Russian period of the history of the Russian language.

Summary. The authors conclude that the old Russian period (XV–XVI centuries) most clearly reflect- ed the clash of Church and folk cultures, which could not but affect the transformation of the semantics of some words.

Keywords: lexical semantics, diachrony, mind, wisdom.

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