When value words cross cultural borders: English Tolerant versus Russian Tolerantnyj

Anna Gladkova

doi:10.1007/978-981-32-9979-5_5

When value words cross cultural borders: English Tolerant versus Russian Tolerantnyj

Anna Gladkova^*

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This chapter investigates the situation of language change in contemporary Russian with a particular focus on value words. Using data from the Russian National Corpus, it analyses the meaning of the word tolerantnyj which has been borrowed from English. It compares its meaning with the English tolerant as a source of borrowing and the traditional Russian term terpimyj. The chapter demonstrates a shift in meaning in the borrowed term, which allows it to accommodate to the Russian value system. The meanings of the terms in question are formulated using universal meanings employed in Minimal English, which makes the comparison transparent and explicit.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Studies in Ethnopragmatics, Cultural Semantics, and Intercultural Communication
Subtitle of host publication	Minimal English (and Beyond)
Publisher	Springer Singapore
Pages	73-93
Number of pages	21
ISBN (Electronic)	9789813299795
ISBN (Print)	9789813299788
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9979-5_5
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2019

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