Kalmyk Heroic Epic of Jangar: Emotive Verbs
Introduction. In modern linguistics much attention is paid to the study of national/cultural features of functioning and semantics of emotive vocabulary. Still, Kalmyk emotive vocabulary has been no subject to any special research. Goals. The paper seeks to identify and classify lexicalsemantic gr...
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| Language: | English |
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Российской академии наук, Калмыцкий научный центр
2020-12-01
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| Series: | Oriental Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://kigiran.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/2584/2365 |
| Summary: | Introduction. In modern linguistics much attention is paid to the study of national/cultural
features of functioning and semantics of emotive vocabulary. Still, Kalmyk emotive vocabulary has
been no subject to any special research. Goals. The paper seeks to identify and classify lexicalsemantic groups of emotive verbs in texts of the Jangar epic, analyze functioning patterns of verbs
denoting ‘basic’ emotions, namely: joy (Kalm. җирһх ‘be happy blissful’, байрлх ‘rejoice’), fear
(әәх ‘be afraid, frightened, have a dread of, fear’, ичх ‘be ashamed, embarrassed’), and one verb of
external (physical) manifestation of emotions (инәх ‘laugh’). Materials. The study analyzes emotive
verbs traced in 28 Jangar texts recorded at different times (occasions) and either included in repertory
cycles or once recited as separate songs. Results. The study reveals emotive verbs of the epic can
be divided into six lexical and semantic groups. So, ‘verbs of negative emotional states’ are more
frequently used than ‘verbs of positive emotional states’. The latter are represented by two verbs,
the verb җирһх definitely dominates throughout narratives examined, reflecting the state of utmost
happiness that consists in peace, tranquility and well-being of the blessed Bumba in general; the verb
байрлх is used to denote the short-term emotional state of joy of a particular character. As for ‘verbs
of negative emotional states’, the verb әәх prevails in frequency. And it is revealed that the emotion
of fear may occur for a number of reasons as follows: fear of failure to execute an order of the Bogdo;
fear of breaking an oath; fear of name shaming. The paper observes only scarce cases of the use of
verbs naming emotions of sadness (энлх), embarrassment (эмәх), and vexation (һундх). The analyzed
epic texts contain no emotive verbs that belong to semantic groups of fascination, love and hatred,
worship or self-abasement. |
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| ISSN: | 2619-0990 2619-1008 |