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CONCEPT “CHILDHOOD” IN LANGUAGE CONSCIOUSNESS AMONG SAKHA AND ENGLISH NATIVE SPEAKERS (EXAMPLE OF STIMULUS-WORD “CHILD”)

Journal: Sociosfera (Vol.8, No. 4)

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Page : 87-92

Keywords : Sakha; English; childhood; small;

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Abstract

This article is devoted to learning language consciousness by the stimulus word “child” in Sakha and English languages. The research includes making comparative analysis of the word in the following languages, conducting linguistic associative experiment. 100 people (men and women of different age and occupation) par- ticipated in our associative experiment. It allows us to determine the difference in mentality of Sakha and Yakut native speakers. It has high relevance of this word in both languages. Semes, common for both languages, are identified: «little» and «small». A conclusion is drawn that the meaning of a concept «childhood» in the Russian and English languages are partially similar

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