YAKUT DESCRIPTIVE PERSONAL NAMES IN THE XVII-XVIII CENTURIES
Pavlova Irina Petrovna, Monastyrev Vladimir Dmitrievich
Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University, Yakutsk
Institute of Researches in Humanities and Problems of Smaller Peoples of the North of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yakutsk
Abstract. The article analyzes the Yakut descriptive personal names, which were used by the Yakuts in the XVII-XVIII centuries, i.e. before the adoption of Orthodox Christianity. The authors substantiate that personal names are one of the most conservative parts of the lexicon and have unique information of not only linguistic, but also historical, ethnographic, and cultural plans. The people represent in them not only material and spiritual culture, but also the vision of the world and cognition.
Key words and phrases: антропонимия, описательные имена, духовная культура, материальная культура, видение мира, когниция, лингвокультурология, anthroponymy, descriptive names, spiritual culture, material culture, world vision, cognition, linguistic culturology
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