[SEELA NGS] [SEEL A NGS] мор ск ая свин ка

[anne marie devlin]

I truly believe there is a need to move away from the idea of words having certain meanings only if prescribed in a dictionary.  Surely the context, ie knowing who, what why, where and when plays a bigger role. In this case, I'm sure морская свинка refers to a purpoise, not because it has been assigned that meaning by Даль, but because it was uttered/written by a 19th century native Alaskan to describe the coming of summer.  Of course words have common meanings understood by most people, but they likewise have spatial/temporal meanings which may not be officially sanctioned and recorded.  Think for example of the case of кушать.  For a long time dictionaries insisted this the formal verb 'to dine'.  However, no-one had informed my russian friends in my Soviet era общежитие where будешь кушать? referred to sharing каша from a pot - and not in an ironic way!

AMD
> Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:12:47 +0100
> From: j.dunn at SLAVONIC.ARTS.GLA.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] [SEELA NGS] морск ая свин ка
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> The fourth edition of Даль is helpful here. S.v. свинка the phrase заморская свинка, to which Baudouin de Courtenay has added морская свинка, is defined as a guinea pig (Cavia cobaja). In addition морская свинка is given as a variant of морская свинья.
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> John Dunn. 
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> From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of anne marie devlin [anne_mariedevlin at HOTMAIL.COM]
> Sent: 21 July 2010 13:11
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> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] [SEELA NGS] морск ая свинка
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> WE need to get away from the Saussurian view of word and meaning as fixed and move on maybe to a Bakhtinian view. His concept of chronotope illustrates perfectly the significant impact of time and space on meaning.
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> AMD
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