The Phenomenon of “Blue-Green” Animals in the Yakut Language: Origin and Semantics

It is of interest for many linguists that in some languages animal coloration is described by colour terms that seem unusual at first glance, e.g. zelen konj in Serbian, голубой песец in Russian and blue fox in English, as there are no green horses or blue arctic foxes in nature. This issue is also...

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Main Author: Aitalina V. Timofeeva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov 2025-07-01
Series:Вестник Северного (Арктического) федерального университета: Серия «Гуманитарные и социальные науки»
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Online Access:https://journals.narfu.ru/index.php/gum/article/view/2086
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