Russian Language Studies (Dec 2013)
Lexical and phraseological means of creating national and cultural dominant in N.S. Leskov’s short novels of 1870—1880
Abstract
The article characterizes short novels of N.S. Leskov written in 1870—1880. The article analyzes lexical and phraseological means of creating national and cultural dominance — native Russian vocabulary, set expressions, proverbs, sayings, aphorisms, idioms with the meaning of evaluation, metaphorization of set expressions. Thus we reveal the author’s intention.