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Titre Почему мантифолия с уксусом?
Auteur Elena Ganapolskaya
Mir@bel Revue Revue des Etudes Slaves
Numéro Vol. 79, no 4, 2008
Rubrique / Thématique
Articles
Page 521-534
Résumé anglais What is 'мантифолия' and Why is it with Vinegar ('с уксусом')? The article is dedicated to the meaning of expression 'мантифолия с уксусом', used by Anton Čexov in his Ward № 6. The research also shows that this expression is very significant for the psychological portrait of one of the central characters of the story – Dr. Xobotov. At first sight the expression 'мантифолия с уксусом' is the author's contamination of two French idioms (folie mantique and manteau (habit) (doublé) de vinaigre). However the appearing of every fact of the language has several reasons. So analyzing the process of 'мантифолия с уксусом' formation we took in consideration the functioning and evolution of several other words and expressions, connected by numerous associations in the system of Russian language.
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