THE EXOTIC VOCABULARY IN "AFRICAN DIARY" BY NIKOLAY GUMILEV AS A REFLECTION OF THE SPHERES OF INTERESTS OF THE POET THE TRAVELER
The article is devoted to the study of exotic vocabulary in «African diary» N. Gumilev, which demonstrates the desire of the author to show the reader the realities of life in Abyssinia (Ethiopia) of the first half of the 20th century (shama, nagadras, andgera and others). We believe that choosing the text of the travel diary of Nikolay Gumilev as the material for the study makes it possible during the analysis of language features to identify the personality of the author as an observant traveler, for whom the specifics of exotic nomination of realities brings the scent of alien everyday life. The research of the poet-acmeist concerning the Abyssinian tribes (gallas, danakil, somali) led him to direct acquaintance with the their social structure, nature of power, the structure of housing, clothing, cuisine etc. The above interests us and justifies the use of the vector of comparison of the results of observations of the author with the results of the survey of the modern Russian travelers.