The comparison of comparative constructions of synthetic and analytical type in Yakut and Altai heroic epics

Abstract

This article describes comparative constructions of the synthetic-analytical type in the Yakut and Altai languages, in other words, comparisons formed by means of functional words-indicators. The material of the study was taken from the heroic epics of the Turkic peoples: the Yakut epic Djuluruyar Nyurgun Bootur by P.A. Oyunsky and the Altai epic Maadai-Kara by A.G. Kalkin. The comparative analysis of the Yakut and Altai comparative constructions revealed words-postpositions unique for each language: курдук , дылы , кэриэтэ , саҕа , тэҥэ in the Yakut language, тӳҥей , кептӳ , кеберлӱ in the Altai language as well as the standards and objects of comparison in the heroic epics of the Yakut and Altai peoples.