This article is devoted to the survivals considered in the context of the semiotics of culture by the Russian-Soviet scientist Yu. M. Lotman. The purpose of the article is to identify semantic intersections between Lotman's research and the topic of survivals. To accomplish this task, it is necessary to carefully explore the contents of all the main works of the scientist.
Keywords
survivals; E. Tylor; Y.M. Lotman; semiotics of culture; functionalism; cultural memory.