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CATEGORIZATION OF HORIZONTALLY ORIENTED NATURAL REALIA IN ETHNIC LINGUISTIC СONSCIENCE

CATEGORIZATION OF HORIZONTALLY ORIENTED NATURAL REALIA IN ETHNIC LINGUISTIC СONSCIENCE


Author:  V.V. Кorneva

Affiliation:  Voronezh State University

Abstract
The paper analyses lexemes denoting geographic natural realia of plains, plateaus, valleys, fields and meadows in Spanish and Russian languages. Semantic and cognitive features of the words are used as the basis for categorization of horizontally oriented natural realia in different linguistic cultures.

Keywords:  categorization, geographic space, horizontal line, natural realia, semantic and cognitive features of lexemes

Pages:  241-248

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