RELIGIOUS DISCOURSE IN DIACHRONIC ASPECT: PECULIARITIES OF DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTIONING

RELIGIOUS DISCOURSE IN DIACHRONIC ASPECT: PECULIARITIES OF DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTIONING

Author:  Ivanova R.A.

Affiliation:  National Research University ‘Higher School of Economics’ (Nizhny Novgorod)

Abstract:  This article deals with functional peculiarities of religious discourse in different his- torical periods. As a significant part of religious discourse the sacral text appears whose study is undertaken with regard to historical, chronological, sociocultural and situative factors. The main emphasis is centered on the hermeneutic, etymological, grammatical, lexical analysis of translations of the St. Mathew’s Gospel made in different languages at various language development stages.

Keywords:  religious discourse, diachrony

Pages:  344-346