Strategic Perspectives on the Reconstruction and Diachronic Interpretation of Stereotypical Theolinguistic Matrices in Religious-Popular Discourse
Insights from English, German, and Ukrainian within Indo-European and Nostratic Frameworks
von Olesya Cherkhava, Yan Kapranov, Maksym W. Sitnicki und Bożena IwanowskaThis monograph delves into the complex relationship between language, religion, and culture, focusing on how religious discourse evolves and adapts across English, German, and Ukrainian contexts. By reconstructing theolinguistic matrices—the frameworks that encode religious beliefs—this work reveals how key concepts like faith, righteousness, and repentance are communicated, preserved, and transformed over time. Combining comparative linguistics with cognitive-semantic approaches, the volume offers strategic insights into the metaphorical and archetypal structures underlying religious language, bridging ancient traditions with modern communicative contexts.