LEXICOGRAPHY FOR THE PURPOSES OF LINGUACULTURAL STUDIES: DESCRIPTION OF RELIGIOUS VOCABULARY IN THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE DICTIONARY OF THE 21ST CENTURY

LEXICOGRAPHY FOR THE PURPOSES OF LINGUACULTURAL STUDIES: DESCRIPTION OF RELIGIOUS VOCABULARY IN THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE DICTIONARY OF THE 21ST CENTURY

Author:  Sklyarevskaya G.N.

Abstract: 
The paper deals with the vocabulary of major non-Orthodox religions in modern Russia as the object of linguacultural studies. The article is based on the materials of the Russian Language Dictionary of the 21st Century that is being compiled by the author’s team at Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, St.-Petersburg.

Keywords:  lexicography  ◆  linguacultural studies  ◆  theolinguistics  ◆  the Russian language  ◆  religious lexicon