Кучешева И. Л.

Кучешева И. Л.

 (г. Омск, Российская Федерация)

ETYMOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ETHNONYMS IN THE NAMES OF DANCES (ON THE MATERIAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE)

This work is devoted to study of ethnonyms in the names of dances on the material of the English language.

Dance is a rhythmic, expressive body movement, usually arranged in a specific composition and performed with musical accompaniment. Dance is perhaps the oldest of the arts: it reflects a person’s need to convey to other people its joy or sorrow through the body movement.

Almost all important events in the life of a primitive man were marked by dancing: birth, death, war, election of a new leader, healing of the sick.

Dancing steps originate from basic forms of human movements: walking, running, jumping, sliding, turning and swinging. Combinations of such movements gradually turned into traditional dance steps. The main characteristics of dance are rhythm, drawing, dynamics and technique.

Ethnonyms are names of various types of ethnic communities, both peoples and nationalities, tribes, tribal unions, clans, and etc.

- Russian waltz – a waltz in two steps: a kind of waltz, a dance performed in a musical time of 3/4 or 6/8. It appeared in Vienna, it was originally called “Viennese Waltz” (later this name was assigned to a three-step waltz). In France of the XIX century it was also called “Russian Waltz” (named after an ethnic community of Russia).

- Lezginka – a folk dance: widespread throughout the Caucasus, as well as a musical accompaniment to this dance. Traditional folk dance of the mountain peoples of the Caucasus. Lezginka is considered classical reference characterized by musical accompaniment in a 6/8 rhythm, an incendiary and fast, energetic dance tempo. In general understanding, it is the collective name for all the national dances of the Caucasian highlanders (named after an ethnic community of the Caucasus).

- Luri dances – a folk dance: a dance style with handkerchief, Chupi dances and stick dance which is a martial arts show (named after the ethnic community of Luri in Iran).

- Mazurka – a Polish folk dance: time signature is 3/4 or 3/8, the tempo is fast. Frequent sharp accents, shifting to the second, and sometimes to the third beat. In the 17^th century, mazurka entered the cycle of Polish peasant dances. In the 19th century, it became widespread as a ballroom dance in European countries (named after the ethnic community of Masuria in Poland).

- Mtiuluri –a Georgian folk dance: musical size of mtiuluri dances is 6/8 or 2/4, the tempo is fast. In the first part of the mtiuluri dance an agility competition takes place between two groups of men. The second part is the dance of women. The finale is performed by all the dancers together (named after the ethnic community of mituluri in Georgia).

- Finnish tango – a genre of dance vocal music and a corresponding social pair dance: developed on the Finnish soil from European versions of Argentine tango in the 1940s and remains popular nowadays. Finnish tango is one of the national symbols of Finland, a part of its intangible cultural heritage. This is one of the most popular pop genres. Tango compositions are performed both at concerts and live on the dance floors in summer. They are often heard on the national radio and television (named after an ethnic community of Finland).

As a result of the analysis, it can be concluded that ethnonyms in the names of dances based on the material of the English language reflect the culture of ethnic communities.

 

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