METAPHORICAL TRANSFER OF ORNYTHONIMS IN THE ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN LANGUAGES

Svetlana L.Yakovleva¹*, Marina I. Solnyshkina², Tatyana A. Soldatkina³,
Tatyana A. Mitrofanova⁴, Ekaterina E. Fliginskihk^5
1Assoc. Prof., Mari State University, Russia, zavkaf1@gmail.com
²Full Prof. Dr., Kazan Federal University, Russia, mesoln@yandex.ru
³Assoc. Prof., Mari State University, Russia, fia.solta@yandex.ru
⁴Assoc. Prof., Mari State University, Russia, mitrofanova.ta@gmail.com
⁵Assist. Prof., Mari State University, Russia, katenasmile@mail.com
*Corresponding author

Abstract

The article deals with the terms denoting the names of birds, ornythonims, with a transparent inner form in the English and Russian languages as the reflection of the linguistic scientific pictures of the world of the two languages. Special terminology has been analysed with the help of cognitive methods to compare similarities and differences in the languages with the aim of observing unique and common features in the linguistic scientific pictures of the world. The object of the research is a metaphorical transfer of ornythonims in the abovementioned languages. A comparative analysis of the metaphorical transfer of ornythonims in English and Russian is the subject of the research. In the framework of this analysis the task is to characterize specific features forming the basis of metaphorical transfers in naming birds with a transparent inner form. To do the research, the Dictionary of Animal Names in Five Languages: Birds. Latin, Russian, English, German, French by R. L. Boeme and V. E. Flint,  Dictionary of European Animal Names in Five Languages by L. Gozmani, IOC World Bird List (v 8.1) (Eng.). IOC World Bird List by F. Gill and D. Donsker were used. 454 terms including 205 terms in English and 249 terms in Russian form the basis for the analysis.

Keywords: National linguistic scientific picture of the world, Ornythonims, Metaphorical transfer, Transparent inner form, English, Russian