SEMANTIC GALLICISMS: FOOLISHNESS AND WIT IN WOE FROM WIT
This article examines certain ephemeral semantic Gallicisms in Russian literature of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, focusing primarily on the semantic nuances of the words ‘ум/wit’ and ‘stupidity’ in the comedy Woe from Wit. It is demonstrated that the French connotations of these words explain the meaningful...