Russian Praise Words 'molodec' and 'umnica': A Semantic and Cultural Analysis

Anna Gladkova

Russian Praise Words 'molodec' and 'umnica': A Semantic and Cultural Analysis

Anna Gladkova

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This paper investigates the semantics of two most commonly used Russian language-specific praise words 'molodec' and 'umnica'. The meanings of these nouns comprise the evaluation of an action of another person with the evaluation of this person him- or herself. For this reason, they can be regarded as words with culture-specific meaning. The study applies the methodology of the Natural Semantic Metalanguage which uses simple universal concepts and the universal grammar of combinability to propose semantic explications of the words under consideration. The meanings of 'molodec' and 'umnica' are then related to several important cultural themes of Russian culture.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Selected Papers from the 2005 Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society
Editors	Keith Allan
Place of Publication	Australia
Publisher	Australian Linguistic Society (ALS)
ISBN (Print)	9780980281507, 0980281504
Publication status	Published - 2006
Event	ALS 2005: 2005 Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society - Melbourne, Australia Duration: 28 Sept 2005 → 30 Sept 2005

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Conference	ALS 2005: 2005 Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society
City	Melbourne, Australia
Period	28/09/05 → 30/09/05

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Linguistic Structures (incl Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics)

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Gladkova, A 2006, Russian Praise Words 'molodec' and 'umnica': A Semantic and Cultural Analysis. in K Allan (ed.), Selected Papers from the 2005 Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society. Australian Linguistic Society (ALS), Australia, ALS 2005: 2005 Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society, Melbourne, Australia, 28/09/05. <https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/6565>

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