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Name: The figurative semantics of orographic terminology in the language of Secret Legends of the Mongols

Authors: Ekaterina V. Sundueva

East-Siberian State Academy of Culture and Art, Ulan-Ude, Russian Federation

In the section Linguistics

Abstract: The paper deals with orographic terms in the language of «Secret History of Mongols» with stems of figurative words. Such words forming a spacious layer of Altaic languages’ lexica help to restore a visual image of objects and to get a full notion about their appearance. Dominant role of such terms proves important meaning of acoustic and visual perception in the process of nomination.

Keywords: orography, semantics, word-building, etymology, figurativeness, shape, visual perception

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