The concept of "shamanism" in the lexical system of the language of the Tundra Yukagirs of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

in this article, we will consider how the concept of "shamanism" is presented in the linguistic picture of the world of the Yukaghirs living in the Nizhnekolymskaya tundra of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). In the language of the tundra Yukaghirs, the word "shaman" has a number of figurative features that are expressed through metaphors and metonymic transfers. These features can also be found in the genres of prohibitions and amulets that exist in the linguistic picture of the world of this people. To analyze the concept, we used the methods of linguacultural studies, the descriptive method, interviewing and the method of continuous sampling. As a result, we came to the conclusion that the concept of "shaman" is one of the key concepts in the Yukaghir culture.

linguaculture, shaman, concept, structural features, linguistic picture of the world