Abstract:
The incipience of Shevchenko studiesas linguistic branch starts in the beginning of XX century. Many studies devoted to manifold genres, life and oeuvre of the ukrainian man of extraordinary genius appeared as a result of under centenary development of Shevchenko studies. But the central was three lexicographical works: “Vocabulary of Shevchenko’s language” (1861), “Shevchenko’s vocabulary” (1976) and “Grammar-stylistic vocabulary of Shevchenko’s language” (1961). The first and second books were published in Ukraine, and the last one - in Winnipeg. It was created by Ivan Ogienko. The goal of “Vocabulary of Shevchenko’s language” was “to fix the variety of the poet’s lexicon and different means of its usage, in particular semantic-stylistic special aspects”. The authors of the work give all Ukrainian vocabulary, used by T. Shevchenko in his creations. The researchwas made on the collected works in ten volumes (Kyiv, 1949-1963). It was philology catalogue, which gives prevalent characteristics of Kobzar’s word. There was registered and explained 10 116 words. Lexicographic work made by I. Ogienko had different and common features to “Vocabulary of Shevchenko’s language”. “Grammar-stylistic vocabulary of Shevchenko’s language” was the last one book of the collections of works in five volumes made by Metropolitan Ilarion. “Grammar-stylistic vocabulary of Shevchenko’s language” dedicated to the studies formation, developing and function of standard modern Ukrainian language.
