Linguistic

S. Zabitov, E. Sheikhov

Towards the Lexical Typology of Nakh-Daghestanian Languages: the Synonymy of Arabic Loan-Words

The article presents the role and functions of the Arabic loan-words in synonymical lexic of Nakh-Daghestanian languages. The usage of Arabic loan-words in fiction depends from the author’s desire to show the notions more clearly. The Arabic loan-words are still represented in synonymical rows of Nakh-Daghestanian languages. Their usage some time are more active than native words. Although some number of the Arabic loan-words lose its active usage by historical and social changes or closely connect with a concrete style of genre.

 

Institute of Linguistic
of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

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