RECONSTRUCTION OF A FRAGMENT OF PROTO-INDO-EUROPEAN WORLD VIEW, BASED ON THE TIES FORMED BY THE CONCEPTS ‘SHATTERING/STRIKING’ AND ‘FIRE’

RECONSTRUCTION OF A FRAGMENT OF PROTO-INDO-EUROPEAN WORLD VIEW, BASED ON THE TIES FORMED BY THE CONCEPTS ‘SHATTERING/STRIKING’ AND ‘FIRE’

Author:  M.N. Latu

Affiliation:  Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University

Abstract: 
The report is devoted to the study of the dynamics of cognate languages world maps, the problem of Proto-Indo-European language world map reconstruction and its structure modeling. The key concepts of the selected fragment of it, the ties they form and the examples of the preserved ties in the Russian language world map are being analyzed.

Keywords:  world map, concept, dynamics, motivation, cognitive ties, mind, Indo-European languages, cognitive modeling