Human characteristics in Tuvan riddles (based on field and lexicographic material)
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https://doi.org/10.25178/nit.2024.2.7Keywords:
riddle; human; Tuvan; Tuvan culture; body parts; metaphorAbstract
The article analyzes Tuvan riddles that reflect the stages of human life, the structure of the human body and its organs. The author uses her own card file as research material, compiled from various lexicographic sources and materials from folklore expeditions in the Sut-Khol, Tes-Khem, Dzun-Khemchik, Ulug-Khem, and Bai-Taigа kozhuuns (districts) of Tuva that she collected between 2014 and 2023.
The ontogeny of a person from birth to old age is considered in Tuvan riddles. Different tropes are used to describe body parts, with metaphorical epithets being most common. The physiological characteristics, physical and intellectual activities of a person, as well as people's interactions in society, are described.
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Soyan A. M. Human characteristics in Tuvan riddles (based on field and lexicographic material). New Research of Tuva, 2024, no. 2, pp. 112-124. (In Russ.). DOI: https://doi.org/10.25178/nit.2024.2.7
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Ailanmaa M. Soyan , Tuvan State University
Candidate of Philology, Associate Professor; Associate Professor, Department of Tuvan Philology and General Linguistics, Tuvan State University.
Postal address: 9 M. Sat St., 667000 Kyzyl, Russian Federation.
E-mail: soyan-a@mail.ru
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