COSMONYMS SUN, MOON, CRESCENT IN THE SCIENTIFIC, LINGUISTIC, MYTHOLOGICAL AND SYMBOLIC ASPECTS (BY THE MATERIAL OF THE RUSSIAN TRANSLATION OF THE FAIRY TALES "ONE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS")
Gilemshin Fler Foatovich
Tatarstan Academy of Sciences
Abstract. The article gives a comprehensive analysis of the definitions of the cosmonyms sun, moon, crescent in the scientific, linguistic, mythological and symbolic aspects. The author also uses the frequency parameter when studying cosmonyms: the statistics of the use of a particular cosmonym in the text of fairy tales reveals the semantic accent, the priority of one cosmonym to others.
Key words and phrases: космонимы, солнце, луна, месяц, звезда, полнолуние, небесное тело, спутник земли, четырнадцатая ночь, cosmonyms, sun, moon, crescent, star, full moon, heavenly body, Earth satellite, fourteenth night
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