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Published since June 20, 1956

Zeitschrift für Slawistik

Journal of Slavic Studies

ISSN: 2196-7016

Edited by: Peter Kosta, Holger Kuße, Christian Prunitsch, Klavdia Smola

About this journal

The Journal of Slavic Studies features research articles both in German and in English on the historical and contemporary state of Slavic languages, literatures and cultures; on their comparison; and their manifold relations with the Non-Slavic world. Literary and cultural studies focus on the　history, poetics and semiotics of literature as well as other types of　media. Within the framework of linguistics, the Journal publishes synchronic, diachronic and cultural-studies oriented contributions. Finally, conference reports and reviews inform about current trends in international Slavic research.

History

The Zeitschrift für Slawistik was published by Akademie-Verlag Berlin 1956, edited on behalf of Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin by H. H. Bielfeldt, R. Fischer, F. Liewehr and E. Winter.

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Volume 68 Issue 4

November 2023

Frontmatter

Publicly Available November 9, 2023

Frontmatter

Page range: I-IV

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November 9, 2023

Spezifika der Übersetzung von medizinischen Texten

Miroslava Bajusová

Page range: 515-536

Abstract

The study deals with the issue of translation in the field of medicine. The first part contains a brief theoretical introduction into medical translation in general. It is followed by a practical analysis of problems in the translation from the source to the target language with a focus on abbreviations and defects in source texts. It describes specific problem areas and examples which occur very often in medical texts and can lead to errors in target texts. Decoding medical abbreviations and defects in source texts in the German – Slovak language pair is a very demanding job, because the use of Latin, Greek or English words and their abbreviations in medical texts is a common occurrence for doctors, but can be a source of problems and confusion for translators.

November 9, 2023

Zu Besonderheiten des Fachbegriffes ublíženie na zdraví aus der Perspektive des Strafrechts in der Slowakei und in Deutschland

Zuzana Gašová

Page range: 537-570

Abstract

The presented article points out the peculiarities of the Slovak criminal term bodily harm (sk. ublíženie na zdraví ) from the perspective of its translation into German, based on the following premises: (1) diversity of sources of information, (2) dual nature of language and (3) theory of contextualism (see Preyer & Peter [2005]). Due to the differences between German and Slovak criminal law it is necessary to take into account the expressive and conceptual aspects of the basic term and its position in terminology in order to choose a suitable foreign language equivalent and then compare this information with possible equivalents in German. The selection of the most appropriate equivalent must be preceded by a thorough examination of the above aspects on the basis of multiple information sources (such as professional texts, legislative texts, lexicographic publications, corpora). This procedure ensures a reliable determination of the degree of equivalence of the basic term in relation to a foreign language term and is a prerequisite for the selection of the most suitable foreign language equivalent. With regard to a detailed examination of cotextual/contextual relations, it reveals the relationship of the initial term to the related terms and thus also helps in the appropriate selection of the relevant foreign language equivalents of related terms within the terminological field. This procedure can be applied also to other terms.

November 9, 2023

Free Relative Clauses in Croatian Glagolitic Folk Medicine Books

Gordana Čupković

Page range: 571-588

Abstract

The paper examines semantic features and functions of free relative clauses with pronominal relativizers, represented in the Croatian Glagolitic folk medicine books from the 14 th , 15 th and 18 th centuries. Prediction, projection and topicality are singled out as central conceptual and functional features of the expressions studied. The examples are interpreted from the aspect of construction grammar and the pragmatic aspect, and therefore a schematic representation of mental spaces forming the basis for the selected relative clauses has been constructed using the methodology presented in Dancygier and Sweetser (2005). The expressions studied are also viewed in the context of the titling function, as well as in the context of all relative clauses in the studied corpus and have therefore also been linked to the specific features of the text type and certain diachronic changes in their use have been observed.

November 9, 2023

The polysemic meaning chain of the genitive case in Polish

Piotr Twardzisz

Page range: 589-614

Abstract

The Polish genitive case is explored from the point of view of its proposed polysemy. We adopt the view that the genitive represents an instance of structured polysemy (Nikiforidou 1991). Like Nikiforidou, we reject the opinion that the genitive instantiates accidental homonymy or shows general single meaning. Our analysis demonstrates that several meanings we identified are intricately tied to each other. There are two prototypical meanings with their several semantic extensions, the latter departing from the former. Contrary to Nikiforidou’s proposal of the genitive as a “radial category” (Lakoff 1987), we support an alternative model. In our view, structured polysemy found in the genitive is better handled by a model referred to as the “meaning chain” (Taylor 1988). Some of the meanings identified are motivated by other meanings in the chain, without directly relying on some semantic centre. Our description of the Polish genitive sheds new light on the holistic semantics of this category with allegedly only grammatical meaning.

November 9, 2023

‘Arriving at moral Perfection’: Benjamin Franklin und seine russischen Nachfolger (Andrej Turgenev, Vasilij Žukovskij, Dmitrij Begičev)

Natalia Borisova

Page range: 615-643

Abstract

The article examines how Benjamin Franklin’s ideas of self-improvement were adopted in Russia. The concept of the new creation of the self is one of Benjamin Franklin’s the most popular ideas. Since the first publication of Franklin’s Autobiography the idea of self-improvement became a genuine part of the very American ideology of the self-made man. After Andrej Turgenev published his translation of Franklin’s Autobiography in Moscow in 1799, Franklin’s method went on to enjoy a widespread triumph in imperial Russia. Andrey Turgenev’s and Vasilij Zhukovskij’s diaries, Alexander Griboedov’s comedy G ore ot uma (1825) and Dmitrij Begichev’s novel Semeystvo Kholmskikh (1832) can help us to trace this Russian history of Franklin’s method and show how Russian followers of Franklin modified and adapted his concept.

November 9, 2023

Montenegrin women in Italian travel writing (1896–1906)

Olivera Popović

Page range: 644-663

Abstract

This article aims to analyse the image of Montenegrin women in Italian travelogues published to mark the Savoy – Petrović marriage which took place in 1896. By comparing the observations of Italian travel writers, we seek to determine the circumstances that affected their representation and to establish how the image of women influenced the way this country was presented to Italian readers.

November 9, 2023

“Memory is a Bitch.” Taboo and False Memory in Czech Reportages by Mariusz Szczygieł

Aleksandra Konarzewska

Page range: 664-682

Abstract

This paper concerns works by the Polish contemporary author and journalist Mariusz Szczygieł (*1966). I analyze Szczygieł’s Czech reportages ( Gottland [2006], Zrób sobie raj [2010] and to some extent Nie ma [2018]) from the perspective of memory studies, focusing particularly on the question of taboo in collective memory and the issue of false memory (the products of the minds of individual persons or groups of people that make them sure that a certain event took place despite the fact that it never occurred), which are meant to show the untrustworthiness of memories and reminiscences. I argue that Szczygieł’s Czech reportages are to be read in the context of questions that have been vividly discussed in the Polish public sphere in recent decades: the dilemma of how to deal with the communist past after 1989 (lustration; Polish: lustracja ); and how to proceed with the referential pact when writing and reading literary nonfiction.

Nachruf – Obituary

November 9, 2023

Witold Kośny (1937–2022) – ein persönlicher Nachruf

Birgit Menzel

Page range: 683-685

Buchbesprechungen – Book Reviews

Open Access November 9, 2023

Can the hegemon speak about the subaltern

Dirk Uffelmann, “Polska literatura postkolonialna (od sarmatyzmu do migracji poakcesyjnej)”, wydawnictwo Universitas (seria: Polonica leguntur: literatura polska w krajach języka niemieckiego), Kraków, 2020, 368S., ISBN 978-83-242-6475-9

Arent van Nieukerken

Page range: 686-698

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November 9, 2023

Cognitive Grammar Analysis

Agata Kochańska, Interactive and Interpersonal Meanings of Grammatical Structures. A Cognitive Grammar Analysis of Selected Directive Constructions in Polish. Berlin: Peter Lang 2022, 288 pp. ISBN 978-3-631-87282-6

Izabela Duraj-Nowosielska

Page range: 699-716

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Volume 65 (2020)

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Volume 43 (1998)

Volume 42 (1997)

Volume 41 (1996)

Volume 40 (1995)

Volume 39 (1994)

Volume 38 (1993)

Volume 37 (1992)

Volume 36 (1991)

Volume 29 (1984)

Volume 28 (1983)

Volume 27 (1982)

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Volume 26 (1981)

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Volume 25 (1980)

Issue 1

Volume 24 (1979)

Issue JG

Volume 23 (1978)

Issue 1

Volume 22 (1977)

Issue 1

Volume 21 (1976)

Issue 1

Volume 20 (1975)

Issue 1

Volume 19 (1974)

Issue 1

Volume 18 (1973)

Issue 1

Volume 17 (1972)

Issue 1

Volume 16 (1971)

Issue 1

Volume 15 (1970)

Issue 1

Volume 14 (1969)

Issue 1

Volume 13 (1968)

Issue 1

Volume 12 (1967)

Issue 1

Volume 11 (1966)

Issue 1

Volume 10 (1965)

Issue 1

Volume 9 (1964)

Issue 1-5

Volume 8 (1963)

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Volume 7 (1962)

Issue 1

Volume 6 (1961)

Issue 1

Volume 5 (1960)

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Volume 4 (1959)

Issue 1

Volume 3 (1958)

Issue 1-5

Volume 2 (1957)

Issue 1

Volume 1 (1956)

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Journal Impact Factor	0.2	2022, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2023)
5-year Journal Impact Factor	0.1	2022, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2023)
Journal Citation Indicator	0.18	2022, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2023)
CiteScore	0.3	2022, Scopus (Elsevier B.V., 2023)
SCImago Journal Rank	0.143	2022, SJR (Scimago Lab, 2023; Data Source: Scopus)
Source Normalized Impact per Paper	0.719	2022, CWTS Journal Indicators (CWTS B.V., 2023; Data Source: Scopus)

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Literary Studies:

Prof. Dr. Christian Prunitsch, TU Dresden, Institut für Slavistik, Wiener Straße 48, D-01219 Dresden; Postanschrift D-01062 Dresden, Tel. (0351) 46 33 27 71, e-mail: christian.prunitsch@tu-dresden.de
Prof. Dr. Klavdia Smola, Institut für Slavistik, TU Dresden, 01062 Dresden, e-mail: klavdia.smola@tu-dresden.de

Linguistics:

Prof. Dr. Peter Kosta, Universität Potsdam, Institut für Slavistik, Postfach 60 15 53,
D-14415 Potsdam, Tel. (0331) 9 77 41 52, Fax (0331) 9 77 41 55, e-mail: peter.kosta@uni-potsdam.de
Prof. Dr. Holger Kuße, TU Dresden, Institut für Slavistik, Wiener Straße 48, D-01219 Dresden; Postanschrift D-01062 Dresden, Tel. (0351) 46 33 42 20, Fax (0351) 46 33 70 71, e-mail: holger.kusse@tu-dresden.de.

Review requests:

Prof. Dr. Klavdia Smola, Institut für Slavistik, TU Dresden, 01062 Dresden, e-mail: klavdia.smola@tu-dresden.de
Prof. Dr. Holger Kuße, TU Dresden, Institut für Slavistik, Wiener Straße 48, D-01219 Dresden; Postanschrift D-01062 Dresden, Tel. (0351) 46 33 42 20, Fax (0351) 46 33 70 71, e-mail: holger.kusse@tu-dresden.de.

Editorial

Editor-In-Chief:
Prof. Dr. Peter Kosta, Prof. Dr. Holger Kuße (geschäftsführend), Prof. Dr. Christian Prunitsch, Prof. Dr. Klavdia Smola

Editorial Office:
Ilona Kunkel

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B. Bednaríkova (Olomouc), Bernhard Brehmer (Konstanz), Christoph Garstka (Bochum), M. Garzaniti (Florenz), H. Jung (Seoul), Y. Kakridis (Bern), B. Kreß (Hildesheim), M. Lecke (Regensburg), Ingunn Lunde (Bergen), Tore Nesset (Oslo), Katrin Schlund (Trier), U. Schmid (St. Gallen), Ludger Udolph (Dresden), V. Warditz (Potsdam), Ksenia Zanon (Cambridge, UK)

Address:
Prof. Dr. Holger Kuße,
TU Dresden, Institut für Slavistik,
Wiener Straße 48, D- 01219 Dresden; Postanschrift D-01062 Dresden,
Germany
Tel. (0351) 46 33 42 20,
Fax (0351) 46 33 70 71,
E-mail: holger.kusse@tu-dresden.de

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Online ISSN: 2196-7016
Print ISSN: 0044-3506
Type: Journal
Languages: German, English
Publisher: De Gruyter (A)
First published: June 20, 1956
Publication Frequency: 4 Issues per Year