"mistake" and mistake

[Igor Silantev]

Dear Uladzimier,

There is sometimes real and deep difference in usage of the same words
in different cultural contexts. The last case shows this very
distinctly: during the whole Soviet period "Russia", unfortunately,
was a word indicating the notion of "USSR" for all the world but not
for the Russia itself. Thus, the expression "Kiev, it was still part of
Russia" is quite correct (!) from the point of using the word "Russia"
in the SENSE of "USSR", and, of course, incorrect from the point of
the proper MEANING of the word. Let's catch and consider such an
interesting pragma-semantical cases of cross-cultural language usage
from the professional linguistic point of view, and not mix up them
with real mistakes.

Sincerely,

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Igor Silantev
Novosibirsk State University

Pirogova 11, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
tel. +7 3832 397451; fax. +7 3832 303011
email silantev at sscadm.nsu.ru
web http://www.nsu.ru/ssc/siv/english


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Mourka1 at AOL.COM napisala:
"When Tamara Volskaya attended and graduated from the Tchaikovsky
Conservatory
in Kiev, it was still part of Russia."

Szanounaja spadarynia,
Ukrajina zjaulalasia czastkaj byloha SSSR (z 1917 da 1990 roku), a taksama
czastkaj Rasiejskaj Imperyji (pa padzielu Reczy Paspalitaj), ale jana nikoli
nia byla czastkaj Rasieji. Kali nie zrazumieli na movie uschodnich
susiedziau (bielmova) u lacinicy, pierakladaju na anhielskuju:

Dear madam,
Ukraine was a part of former USSR (from 1917 to 1990), also it was a part of
Russian Empire (upon the division of Recz Pospolita), but it NEVER was a
part of Russia per se. Sorry, but your "mistake" does not need to be
included in quote marks.


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