Hunting vocabulary in the linguistic world picture of the Sayan-Altai peoples: The case of Tuvan, Tofalar, Altai and Khakass languages
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https://doi.org/10.25178/nit.2021.4.13Keywords:
Turkic languages; Tuvan language; Khakass language; Altai language; Tofalar language; specialized vocabulary; hunting vocabulary; lexico-semantic group; Sayan-AltaiAbstract
The article presents the outcome of a comparative study of hunting vocabulary in a number of Turkic languages of the peoples living in the Sayan-Altai region: Tuvans, Tofalars, the Altai and the Khakass. The study focused on the generalities and particularities of linguistic picture of hunting as one of the old pursuits of the people of the region, which by now has lost its past importance. Following the demise of the hunting is the vocabulary, which must be recorded in order to help preserve their cultures.
The study showed that there are four lexico-semantic groups dealing, respectively, with the names for wild ungulates, predators, small animals and birds. Lexemes common for all groups include the Turkic word for prey - еŋ//aŋ (еŋ mеŋ) — as a general name for a wild animal, and for the bird, ‘kush’ (Tuvan and Altai ‘hus hak’). The lexico-semantic group of “predator names” includes a large number of euphemisms to replace taboo words which the speech etiquette of the Sayan-Altai peoples prohibits to mention openly.
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Damba Sh. V. and Suvandii N. D. Okhotnich’ia leksika v iazykovoi kartine mira narodov Saiano-Altaia (na materiale tuvinskogo, tofalarskogo, altaiskogo i khakasskogo iazykov) [Hunting vocabulary in the linguistic world picture of the Sayan-Altai peoples: The case of Tuvan, Tofalar, Altai and Khakass languages]. New Research of Tuva, 2021, no. 4, pp. 172-185. (In Russ.). DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.25178/nit.2021.4.13
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Shenne V. Dambaa, Tuvan State University
Assistant Professor, Department of Tuvan Philology and General Linguistics, Tuvan State University.
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Nadezhda D. Suvandii, Tuvan State University
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