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  • September 1, 2015
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REPRESENTATION OF THE ETHNO-CONCEPT “ANIMALS/ХЬЭК1ЭКХЪУЭК1ЭХЭР” (WILD ANIMALS) IN THE ENGLISH AND KABARDINO-CIRCASSIAN PAROEMIAS

Abstract

The article is devoted to the comparative analysis of the ethno-concept “Animals/Хьэк1экхъуэк1эхэр” (“Wild animals” field) in the proverb funds of the modern English and Kabardino-Circassian languages. The interpretation of the human world in this research was implemented through the conceptual sphere of an animal world. The authors identified the basic concepts, sub-concepts and pragma-cognitemes typical for the proverbs and sayings both of the modern English and Kabardino-Circassian language.

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Author information

Arega Mikhailovna Akopyants

Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University

Larisa Aslanbievna Babitova

Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University

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  • Published: September 1, 2015.

Keywords

  • этноконцепт
  • паремия
  • прагмакогнитема
  • национальная пословичная картина мира
  • лингвокультура
  • зоонимы
  • ethno-concept
  • paroemia
  • pragma-cogniteme
  • national proverb picture of the world
  • linguo-culture
  • zoonyms

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