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| Article name | Looking Behind the Veil of Words: What Can the Names of the Days of the Week Tell in the Russian and English Languages? |
| Authors | Pimenova M.V. Doctor of Philology, Professor, Rector, MVPimenova@yandex.ruKravchenko N.V. English Teacher, 49c942@mail.ru |
| Bibliographic description | Pimenova M. V., Kravchenko N. V. Looking Behind the Veil of Words: What Can the Names of the Days of the Week Tell in the Russian and English Languages? // Humanitarian Vector. 2017. Vol. 12, No. 2. PP. 96–101. DOI 10/21209/1996-7853- 2017-12-2-96-101. |
| Section | Linguistic worldview |
| UDK | 81`27 |
| DOI | 10.21209/1996-7853-2017-12-2-96-101 |
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| Annotation | The authors of the article analyze the etymology of the names of the days of the week in English and Russian. The connection between language and culture – language as a mirror of culture and its treasury – is illustrated with the help of etymological analysis. The comparative characteristic of two cultures (Russian and English) is given through the prism of the names of the days of the week. The stereotypical perception of days of the week does not allow us to see that sreda (среда) in our world is not the middle of the week, but the third day of it (of the seven). Conceptual analysis of the days of the week allows us to observe the principle of the words inner motivation. Change of religion significantly affected the two linguistic cultures, as well as a wellknown passage in the new calendar in the time of Peter the Great. It was an additional factor that influenced the language picture of the world – famous transition to the new calendar in the time of Peter the Great in Russia. The calendar’s change is caused by the influence of other cultures. Christianity strongly influenced the Russian culture: it was fixed as the corresponding words in the names for Saturday and Sunday, included in our calendar. There are two streams which significantly influenced the English culture: initial space objects’ names of the days gave way to fixing the days of the week for certain deities, and subsequently influenced by the Roman culture. |
| Key words | language, culture, days of the week, etymological analysis |
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