Verbs of Perception as Means of Creating Images in the Life of Korniliy Pereslavsky

Abstract

The article presents the main results of the study of the Life of Korniliy Pereslavsky in the aspect of linguistic explication of ideas about the monk and other clergymen in the text. The study was conducted on the material of the only known list of the first edition (1706) and the list of the second edition on the earliest list of the Russian state library (late 18^th century). It is shown that verbs with semantics of perception are among the most important linguistic means used in the description of the monk and other clergymen. It is established that verbs of visual and auditory perception are used in the list of the first edition, whereas only verbs of visual perception are used in the list of the second edition. The commonality in the use of perceptual verbs in the creation of images in the lists under consideration is found. It is established that the verbs of auditory perception mainly realize direct meanings, which reflect the perception of texts read during the services, as well as obtaining information from the words of other people. It is shown that the verbs of visual perception reveal both direct and figurative meanings. The author comes to the conclusion that the process of obtaining information about people and objects of reality is reflected in direct meanings, and the connection of visual perception and thought processes, especially significant in the description of the monk, is fixed in figurative meanings of verbal units.