Lexical means of expressing time in the traditional culture of the Altaians

Sanalova Bayaru Borisovna, Dilekova Suraya Dmitrievna, Chaychina Evgeniya Valeryevna

The category of time is an integral part of the content side of the language. At the lexical level, temporal meaning is conveyed through words with temporal meaning. This article is devoted to the analysis of the vocabulary denoting the category of time, within the framework of the consideration of the cultural tradition of the Altaians. The article focuses on the ways of formation of nouns with the specified semantics.

Keywords:time, space, semantics, lexeme, traditional worldview, culture.