Representation of the Concept “Deer” in the Evenks Language Worldview
Scientific novelty. The article for the first time provides a linguoculturological and description of the concept “Deer” in the Evenks language worldview. The aim of the scientific work is the writing of lexical units involved in the representation of the concept “Deer” in the Evenks language worldview. The tasks of the study were: 1) recording of authentic texts from native speakers; 2) establishing a keyword-representative objectifying the concept under study; 3) construction of the nominative field of the considered mental formation; 4) designation of the place of this concept in the Evenks language worldview. Research methods: Based on the method of describing the concept proposed by V.I. Karasik, Z.D. Popova and I.A. Sternin, the author uses linguoculturological and semantic-cognitive methods of describing the concept. Results. Reindeer herding vocabulary is a significant part of the Evenk language. The formation of the concept under consideration in the linguistic worldview was significantly influenced by the traditional type of management - reindeer herding and nomadic lifestyle, combined with animistic views on nature. The keyword representative of the considered concept is available in all Tungus-Manchu languages. In addition, the studied mental formation has a nominative density (the term of V.I. Karasik) which may indicate the antiquity of the concept.