KOMI-PERMYAK LEXIS OF THE THEMATIC GROUP “FLORA” FROM AN ETHNOLINGUISTIC POINT OF VIEW (on the material of modern nicknames)

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the lexis of the thematic group "Flora" that motivated the modern nicknames of the Komi-Permyaks living in the Perm region. Within the framework of ethnolingustics, thematic (ideographic) spheres of secondary meanings are identified in the group’s vocabulary. It is concluded that floristic lexicon is used to sign the existential, physical, psychoemotional and social characteristics of a person. Within these spheres more specific groups of cultural-semantic connotations are distinguished. The person is characterized from the following positions: 1) existance: the man is a living being, it is an element of a certain world concept; 2) physical and physiological characteristics: the person has primarily physical traits such as height, physique, the shape of the body and its parts. There are also exterior traits including the features of facial expressions, dominant color in appearance and the general aesthetic properties of a person's appearance. In addition, the person’s sexual orientation and health status are taken into consideration. 3) psycho-emotional characteristics: as a willing being, the person shows preferences, primarily for food, and dependence on some bad habits; as an emotional being, the person shows fear; 4) socially significant features: first of all, the human participation in public life is essential (in our case, the ability to be a participant in certain events or the tendency to asocial behavior), features of speech behavior, the presence of kin (family) relationships and also ethnoterritorial, ethnic identity and ethnicity. There is a contradiction between the fact that the vocabulary of flora has linguistic and cultural concerns, and the fact that such vocabulary is rarely applied creating nicknames. It is concluded that nicknames are a significant source of ethnocultural information about the nominators and the bearers of such names.