F.I. Buslaev and folklore lexicography

The article tells about the role of F.I. Buslayev in the development of folklore lexicography. His works as a source of multiple ideas for lingvofolkloristics inspired researchers from Kursk to create a dictionary of the Russian folklore language. The established principles of lexicographic folk songs' description were analyzed: genre differentiation of the material, territorial and temporal homogeneity of sources. Special attention is paid to the role of concordances of folklore texts in compiling dictionaries of different types. A detailed description of the microstructure of the epithet dictionary is given. The following characteristics of the zones (statistical, illustrative, syntagmatic and additional info) of the dictionary article are studied. The author provides arguments in favor of the high value of single-genre dictionaries and demonstrates that they present a certain fragment of the linguistic picture of the world. In addition, the idea of a series of epithet dictionaries compiled on the same model, but on the materials of different folk genres is expressed. This could reveal common folklore tendencies as well as specific genre traits. The author conducted a comparative analysis of dictionary entries with the headword Теплый “warm” in epithet dictionaries of epic poems and non-ritual lyrics. Our studies brought us to the conclusion of high informative potential of epithet dictionaries.