The lexical field of the national games

The work is devoted to the study of the names of the national games of Germans, Kalmyks and English from the linguocultural point of view. The game name determines its theoretical and practical importance. It is shown that the game performs one of the most important roles in society. It forms a personality at all stages of its development. The position of games and their names in the development of a linguoculturological approach to the study of languages is defined.

Based on the analysis of the names of German, Kalmyk and English games, as well as the identification of their characteristic features, the special status of the game is determined as a phenomenon. Work on this theme has not yet been carried out in the studied languages. The research on the topic reveals the mechanisms of how language conveys culture, how customs, traditions, and people's way of life are reflected and fixed in the language.

This information allows to study more fully the peculiarities of the mentality and culture of native speakers. The analysis of vocabulary enables further semantic reconstruction, including relying on text data. The combination of linguistic data and information from other forms of culture in one article makes it possible to see cultural and linguistic parallels.

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