Verbal Formulas-Beginnings in Ukrainian and Slovak Folk Tales: Comparative Study

Folklore is one of the basic branches of reflective and creative human activity. The centuries-old verbal-figurative, aesthetic experience of generations of ethno-speakers, culture ethno-bearers is fixed and reflected in folk art, in particular in fairy tales. The creation of fairy tale texts occurs according to certain verbal and image laws (canons). The determining of these laws via examining cases of Ukrainian and Slovak tales makes it possible to explore specifics of the multi-level organization of the Slavic tales heritage, confirms the interaction of cultures, their verbal-figurative folk traditions.In linguistic terms, architectonic components such as beginnings formulas draw attention. Comparative studies, aimed at observing the formulas of the incantations of the two cultures, contribute to a precise and convincing awareness of the unity and affinity of the latter. A comparative analysis of these structural components by semantics, structure, component composition, functions, emotional and expressive content, seems essential one.The course of the research let one to convince oneself that the linguistic traditions of fairy tale creation in Ukrainian and Slovak culture are quite similar. The construction of speech formulas is noticeably identical. Observations show that the folklore of both cultures is characterized by a similar use of microstructures with the semantics of time, place. The timing of the narrative (past tense) is similar. The differences are evidenced in the internal construction of the closures (at the level of component composition; in terms of story deployment, etc.).Further significant, in our view, seems to be a detailed comparative analysis of these structural components by semantics, structure, component composition, functions, emotional and expressive content, etc. The results of the study are focused on the formation and development of the comparative analysis studies of verbal-figurative organization of Slavic tale studies.