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LEXICAL CATEGORIZATION OF THE UPPER TOPOLOGICAL ZONE IN KABARDIAN

LEXICAL CATEGORIZATION OF THE UPPER TOPOLOGICAL ZONE IN KABARDIAN


Author:  R.S. Kimov, M.T. Abitova

Affiliation:  Kabardino-Balkar State University named after Kh.M. Berbekov

Abstract:  The article deals with linguistic conceptualization and categorization illustrated by the example of the Kabardian head-lexeme. It is shown that by virtue of the anthropocentricity of language the lexeme becomes the only way to refer to horizontal surfaces, the upper part and the top of objects. The notion of “anthropocentrically strong / weak language” is introduced.

Keywords:  anthropocentrism, anthropomorphism, body part term, polysemy, conceptualization, categorization, topological zone, anthropocentrically strong language, anthropo-centrically weak language

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Pages:  462-469

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