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ВІСНИК Східні мови та літератури 1(25)/2019 (BULLETIN Oriental languages and literatures)
2019
Розглядаються деякі теоретичні та практичні аспекти мовознавства, зокрема лексикології, фразеології, перекладознавства, міжмовної та міжкультурної комунікації на матеріалі перської, арабської, китайської, японської, турецької мов. На окрему увагу заслуговує дослідження оригінального тексту авестійського гімну Y 46, укладеного однією з мертвих давньоіранських мов-авестійською. У розділі "Літературознавство" розкриваються особливості формування і функціонування окремих складових літературних процесів країн Сходу. Досліджуються різножанрові тексти китайської, арабської, японської, корейської, перської, індійської літератур. In the Bulletin some theoretical and practical aspects of linguistics are regarded, in particular those at lexicology, phraseology, theory of translation, interlingual and intercultural communications in Persian, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese and Turkish. Analysis of the sacred hymn Y 46 from the Book of Avesta worth special attention; the text was originally composed in Avestian, one of the ancient Iranian languages. The 'Literature' section comprises works dedicated to the particularities of composing and functioning of the structural elements of the processes held in the literatures of the Eastern countries. Focus is on the texts of various genres at the literatures in Chinese, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Persian and Hindi.