Pozdrav v indoevropském areálu (původ, motivace, funkce)

KARLÍKOVÁ, Helena. Pozdrav v indoevropském areálu (původ, motivace, funkce). Slovo a slovesnost. Praha, 2016, roč. 77, č. 4, s. 337-353, 16 s. ISSN 0037-7031.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Pozdrav v indoevropském areálu (původ, motivace, funkce)

Název anglicky

Greetings in the Indo-European area (origin, motivation, function)

Autoři

KARLÍKOVÁ, Helena

Vydání

Slovo a slovesnost, Praha, 2016, 0037-7031

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Další údaje

Jazyk

čeština

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

60203 Linguistics

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 0.625

UT WoS

000391724000005

Klíčová slova anglicky

Indo-European; greetings; etymology; semantics

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Anotace

Anglicky

The goal of this contribution is to show to what extent (if at all) the inventory of lexical means used for expressing contemporary greetings is a reflection of ancient formulas found in texts of the old IE languages, and what the meaning of greetings was in the past. It is generally assumed that the symbolism of greetings stems from the superstitious fear of the absolute dependence on supernatural phenomena, on gods having unlimited power over humans. This principle of subordination of the weak to the strong, in fact, has held true since Antiquity, throughout the Middle Ages, and up to the present day (today this principle is hidden in the rules of etiquette); the only thing that has changed is the model of the strong and the weak, reflecting changes in society. The paper also devotes attention to the origin and motivation of the oldest greeting formulas found both in Greek and Latin texts and in the Old and the New Testament. They are placed into wider lexical-semantic relationships, and their equivalents or continuations are sought in contemporary languages.