Peculiarities of the lexical representation of snow in the linguistic worldview of typologically diverse languages (based on the example of Russian, English, and Chuvash)

The aim of this research is to identify the peculiarities of the functioning of lexemes describing winter natural phenomena, "снег" / "snow" / "юр," in the linguistic worldview of native speakers of Russian, English, and Chuvash, which are typologically diverse languages. It should be noted that lexemes describing natural phenomena are represented in large quantities in all three languages, which is explained by their important role in human life and the continuous interaction of humans and their surrounding nature. The semantic similarity in the metaphorical perception of snow in Russian, English, and Chuvash linguistic cultures is due to the cultural background and knowledge of the language speakers. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the fact that, as a result of a comprehensive comparative study of the lexical representation of the natural phenomenon of "snow" based on the material of Russian, English, and Chuvash languages, the universal denotative connotations of the lexeme, conditioned by climatic and geographical factors, and the ethno-specific connotations of the lexeme "snow," formed through metaphorical transfer and semantic extension, have been determined. The results obtained showed that the associations of snow, nominated by the lexemes "snow" / "юр" / "снег," have both universal and specific cultural-linguistic features.