LEXICO-SEMANTIC FEATURES OF THE FIGURATIVE VOCABULARY OF THE YAKUT AND BURYAT LANGUAGES

Abstract

The article in a comparative aspect examines the figurative vocabulary of the Yakut and Buryat languages on the material of epic texts. The purpose of the study is to identify the lexical and semantic features of figurative vocabulary in the texts of the epic. The lexical parallels found in the texts of the epics are divided into thematic groups according to the semantic meaning and the object of description: 1) figurative vocabulary describing the appearance of the heroes of the epic; 2) figurative vocabulary that determines the form of animate and inanimate objects; 3) figurative vocabulary characterizing the facial expressions of the characters of the epic; and 4) figurative vocabulary describing various movements. As a result of the analysis of the lexical parallels found in the figurative vocabulary of the Yakut and Buryat languages, it is revealed that they have a bright emotional and expressive character, have the same semantic meaning and the general principle of word formation.