Lexsiko-Cosemantic Group “Wild Animals” as One of Fragments of Language World Picture (Russian, Georgian, Kazakh Parallels)

Abstract

This article offers a linguocultural analysis of figurative meanings of words being denominations of wild animals in Russian, Georgian and Kazakh
languages. In the article reveals cultural similarities and differences in the figurative use of the same zoonym in the analyzed languages.
The undertaken analysis makes a certain contribution to the reconstruction of the whole linguistic picture of the world, and also allows us to identify
some features of the national perception of the world.
Keywords: linguistic picture of the world, linguoculturological analysis, comparison, connotation, wild animals, figurative meaning