Концепт ‘метель’ в русской языковой картине мира
Concept 'метель' in the Russian Language Picture of the World

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines the concept ‘snowstorm’ in Russian by comparing five synonyms, which do not contain the element ‘snow’. These markers are метель, метелица, вьюга, буран, and пурга. The dominant word in this synonymic row is the semantically and stylistically neutral метель, while all the other words can be described by such characteristic features as intensity, the way the wind moves (ringwise or horizontal), territorial-geographic aspects (such as the steppe region or the northern regions), or folklore and vernacular usage. Within this conceptual field, the author also takes into account the typical verbal collocations of the examined nouns.

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