Ambiguity of the Word 'Road' in Russian Folklore Language

摘要

This paper considers the ambiguity of meanings of the word 'road' in Russian folklore, studies the principle of interchangeable relationship in folklore language, based on the similarity of the concepts rather than of the meanings. Through the phenomena of the paradigm of accuracy, synonymous approximation and quasi synonymy the existence of the correlative emphatic constructions type, such as 'pathway', 'swan-geese', 'friends-comrades' and other, is explained. This demonstrates that the laconic brevity of folklore language and its apparent simplicity underneath are like a transparent water depth where even one word is capable of transferring 'the abyss of space' of thought and feeling of the immense complex psychic processes into a harmonious unity with the beauty of the folklore world.