METAPHORICAL DERIVATION OF ZOONYMS IN THE LAK LANGUAGE

Abstract

The presence in the semantic structure of animal names of a meaning based on metaphorical transfer is peculiar to many languages. The study of the figurative potential of the Lak language has shown that nouns – names of animals – are among the most active in the development of metaphorical meanings here. Zoonyms are widely used to figuratively characterize a person. Lak language is not an exception. The article deals with the metaphorical potential of zoonim nouns in the Lak language. As a result of the study the figurative meanings of words of this lexico-semantic group and their derivatives are revealed. On the basis of the analysis of semantic correlation between derivatives and their derivative nouns, the peculiarities of metaphorization of subordinate derivatives are established, as well as the most productive models of metaphorical word-formation, which may differ in different dialects.