ORNYTHONIMS IN THE GERMAN AND ENGLISH LANGUAGES:
METAPHORICAL TRANSFER

Svetlana L. Yakovleva¹*, Marina I. Solnyshkina², Galina N. Kazyro³
Tatyana A. Mitrofanova4, Ekaterina E. Fliginskikh5

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, galinarfa@yahoo.com
⁴Assoc. Prof., Mari State University, Russia, mitrofanowa.ta@gmail.com
⁵Assist. Prof., Mari State University, Russia, katenasmile@mail.com
*Corresponding author

Abstract

The article describes ornythonims, having a transparent inner form, in the German and English languages, which can be viewed as the reflection of the linguistic scientific pictures of the world (SPW) of the two languages. Cognitive methods have been used to analyse special German and English terminology aiming at the revealing of similarities and differences in the languages to observe unique and common features in the linguistic scientific pictures of the world. The metaphorical transfer of ornythonims in the abovementioned languages is the object of the research. Its subject is a comparative analysis of the metaphorical transfer of ornythonims in German and English. 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 are used.

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