Each word or phrase has a history of its appearance in the language.Some of them live for centuries, others die, having existed for only a few years.This is largely due to the level of development of society, culture and everyday life of the people, where the word lives.Many invisible threads connect words to each other.
What dictionaries tell
With "biography" of the word can be found in the pages of dictionaries.There also treated and to reveal its lexical meaning.
For example, ask what a word means in awe, it's easy to notice - in the dictionaries of different authors it has basically a similar interpretation, although there is a difference.An analysis of the frequency of use of the word shows that it is used in 90% of cases in the general vocabulary, 10% - in the church.This may explain the similarities and differences in the interpretation of the verb revere dictionaries.
The dictionary Ephraim TF "awe" stands on a par with verbs testing, exercise.Noun reverence also has a relationship with the next word.
The dictionary SIOzhegov used to explain the phrase "awe - is treated with reverence to something or someone."Here the author provides a list of words connected among themselves and with the verb in awe - awe, the grace, the good, piety, blessed, bliss.
The dictionary DN Ushakov explanation of words close to that presented at Ozhegova.A series of antonyms contain words such as contempt, in a penny not to.
Dyachenko The dictionary, which contains Church Slavonic expressions reinterprets verb blagogovt.The meaning, according to the ideas of the author, results from a chain of familiar words:
- awe - the fear of God, a profound respect;
- awe - zealous for God, pious;
- awe - render great honor God, be devout;
- awe - humility and the fear caused by the devotion and love.
etymology
To understand what it means to venerate or to disclose the value of any other words, it is sometimes enough to make sense of where and how it came into the language.
linguists believe that most of the words, like the verb revere, appeared in the Russian language as a result of educational activities of Cyril and Methodius.Their Russian translation of the Bible and other liturgical books allowed Slavs who converted to Christianity, to turn to God in their own language.
But initially, many borrowings from Greek and Hebrew languages were alien to the sound of Russian speech, and the values are not clear.With the development of literary Slavonic loan words were replaced as they were replaced by conformity have arisen in their native language.Verb awe - it's one of the many words that have Church Slavonic origin.
Tracing
borrowed not only individual words, but also the ways of their formation.One of them - tracing.Translation of words from a foreign language is carried out in parts, and then formed into a unified whole.
These scientists explain the large number of compound words in the Russian language.For example, the morpheme "good" is marked in different dictionaries in more than 700 linguistic units.We can conclude that fear the word - is the result of this method of word formation.
Association
In the search for the value of any word in humans significantly expands and passive and active vocabulary.And if we use the technique of association, the faster you can understand the meaning of a particular word, and the completion of the dictionary will be guaranteed.
For example, the English translation makes it clear that the awe - it tremble, worship, venerate, esteem.In the modern Russian language synonyms infinitive are words such as keep up, let us go so far as to pray, to worship, to worship, to obey.The phrase "to bow", "look up to", "to create for yourself an idol" complement and extend the meaning of the word awe.
Use the word as part of phrases also reveals its meaning.Can be respectful awe, obviously, limp, stupid, naive, blindly fawning.Reverence for female, male, uncle, teacher, leader of the people.The list goes on and on.
the same length can be a list of words that indicate an association related to the verb in awe.Each person association will have its own, as they depend on many factors - education, social status, age, life experience, and so on. D.
Instead of conclusion
interest in the language is shown not only by people professionally involved in his study, butstudents, schoolchildren, as well as those who simply followed the development of the Russian language, interested in its history.
knowledgeable person in matters of linguistics, a rich vocabulary - this is an indicator of its level of literacy and general culture.
