Binary opposition «topbottom» in the linguistic picture of the world (material of Russian and Kabardino-Circassian languages)

Bizheva Zara Khadzhimuratovna, Dzagova Zalina Vladimirovna

In this article the binary opposition in the Adyghe and Russian, ACM "top-bottom". It denotes a culturally significant metaphorical opposition, "penetrating" different languages and fixing similar ideas and directions in the estimated comprehension of reality by different peoples. And also language data of many cultural traditions allows to distinguish two types of spatial orientation: 1) real; 2) mental

Keywords:binary opposition, linguocultural aspect, concept," top – bottom", culture, spatial orientation.