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Name: Book review: Generalova E. V., Zinovieva E. I. Istoki russkoy frazeologii: ustoy- chivye sochetaniya yazyka delovogo i povsednevnogo obshcheniya Moskovskoy Rusi 16–17 vv.

Authors: Natalia V. Patroeva

Petrozavodsk State University, Petrozavodsk, Russian Federation

In the section Review

Abstract:

The monograph under review presents a study of fixed expressions in the administrative and everyday language of Muscovite Rus’. The authors analyze the structure, morphological composition, usage patterns, semantics, and variants of phraseological units attested in 16th–17th century texts, offering a comprehensive typology of these linguistic phenomena. The work addresses both theoretical and practical challenges in historical phraseology. These include developing classification parameters for fixed expressions, establishing principles for their lexicographic representation in a historical differential phraseological dictionary, identifying current trends in historical phraseography, and proposing macro- and microstructural models for such a dictionary with sample entries. Notably, the study examines stereotyped formulas, idioms, and pleonastic/tautological fixed complexes, shedding light on their functional and semantic evolution. The analysis of Muscovite Rus’ administrative and colloquial language provides valuable insights into the sociolinguistic dynamics of the period.

Keywords: historical lexicography, differentiated dictionary of phraseological phrases, stereotyped formula, idiom, pleonastic/tautological fixed complexes, phraseology of business and everyday language of Muscovite Rus’

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Generalova E. V., Zinov’eva E. I. Istoki russkoy frazeologii: ustoychivye sochetaniya yazyka delovogo i povsednevnogo obshcheniya Moskovskoy Rusi 16–17 vv.: Monografiya [The origins of Russian phraseology: stable combinations of the language of business and everyday communication of Moscow Rus of the 16th – 17th centuries]. St. Petersburg, 2024, 462 p.