S. Sakhnevich

From Manus to “Ruka”: Cognitive Foundations of the Concept of Power in Roman and Russian Traditions

This article presents a comparative analysis of the semantics and pragmatics of the metaphors manus and hand (ruka) as instruments of power in ancient Rome and Russia. Its goal is to reconstruct the functions of the symbolism of the “hand” and to identify shared semantic motifs and differences in two contexts. Methodol...