Tambov
All-Russian academic journal
“Issues of Cognitive Linguistics”

BODY PART TERMS AND THE FORMATION OF THE NAIVE WORLD IMAGE

BODY PART TERMS AND THE FORMATION OF THE NAIVE WORLD IMAGE


Author:  R.S. Kimov

Abstract
The article is the first attempt of a cross-linguistic cognitive study of the fomation of the naive world image. The attention has been focused on the way the Kabardian (one of the languages of Western Caucasus) body-part terms in comparison with other languages (Russian, English) extend to an array of semantic applications outside the body. Typological peculiarities of Kabardian, determined by the unique coexistence of the two models – anthropomorphic and zoomorphic-have been revealed.

Pages:  128-133

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