METAPHORS OF EMOTIONS IN THE SEMANTIC STRUCTURE OF THE POLYSEMANTIC VERB OF THE KHANTY: MODELS OF MOTION AND PHYSICAL EFFECTS

Abstract

. The article analyzes the metaphorical meanings of the Khanty verbs of physical action and movement and the mechanisms of formation of secondary figurative meanings based on the material of the Kazym and shuryshkar dialects, considers metaphorical units whose direct nominative meanings indicate physical impact/movement in a certain space or likening feelings to a passive object of human influence/space in which a person moves, and secondary metaphorical values describe the emotional states of a person. The analysis of the verbal lexicon reveals two most frequency models of metaphoric transfer which develop derived meanings of verbs of motion and physical effects in the Khanty language: “actions → negative emotional distress”, “move, or stay of an object in space → emotional state”. The materials and conclusions of the study can be used in the compilation of dictionaries of the Khanty language, in the comparison of genetically related languages, as well as different structural languages.