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"Hey, what's your name?": anthroponymics in the language picture of the world of Jim Morrison B. Y. Sharifullin

By: Sharifullin, Boris Ya, 1952-Material type: ArticleArticleSubject(s): Моррисон, Джим | языковая картина мира | антропонимыGenre/Form: статьи в журналах Online resources: Click here to access online In: Language and culture № 2. P. 90-100Abstract: In the article, the anthroponyms are considered as one of the key fragments of the language picture of the world of American poet and musician Jim Morrison. The symbolism of names, which is important for all lingual cultures, in the poetics of Jim Morrison is manifested in a special way, because of his specific perception of the people, especially the women, with whom Jim Morrison's relations were not the simple due to a specific life of rock-musician in California of the flower revolution epoch. In the Jim Morrison's linguistic picture of the world, the elements of European (Antique, Germanic, Celtic) culture and culture of North American Indians are invented. Jim Morrison has created also his own cultural code, the American one, more exactly, a code of California, and the appropriate poetics of myths, that are reflected in his poetic texts. Therefore, the anthroponyms in the lyrics by Jim Morrison reflect all these cultural codes. In the article, the most interesting cases of inclusion of the anthroponyms in his lyrics are presented. English quotations from the songs are accompanied by Russian translations made by the author.
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In the article, the anthroponyms are considered as one of the key fragments of the language picture of the world of American poet and musician Jim Morrison. The symbolism of names, which is important for all lingual cultures, in the poetics of Jim Morrison is manifested in a special way, because of his specific perception of the people, especially the women, with whom Jim Morrison's relations were not the simple due to a specific life of rock-musician in California of the flower revolution epoch. In the Jim Morrison's linguistic picture of the world, the elements of European (Antique, Germanic, Celtic) culture and culture of North American Indians are invented. Jim Morrison has created also his own cultural code, the American one, more exactly, a code of California, and the appropriate poetics of myths, that are reflected in his poetic texts. Therefore, the anthroponyms in the lyrics by Jim Morrison reflect all these cultural codes. In the article, the most interesting cases of inclusion of the anthroponyms in his lyrics are presented. English quotations from the songs are accompanied by Russian translations made by the author.

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