Linguistic Representations of Abstract Notions in the Dialects of the Khanty Language

Potanina Olga S.

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This paper is aimed to outline the semantic principles of classification of abstract nouns and point out the major groups of nouns within this class. In linguistic literature the problem of taxonomy of nouns is still under discussion. The criteria of assigning nouns to either abstract or concrete are not well-defined and theoretically grounded. Most classifications of nouns are not satisfactory in the case of Khanty. Those concepts that are not represented in language by means of nouns have specific objectifications which are contrasted in this article with those ones in Navajo.

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Issue: 4, 2005

Series of issue: Humanities (Philology: Indoeuropean and Siberian languages)

Rubric: Siberian Languages

Pages: 80 — 83

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