Specific Characteristics of the Ontological and Methodological Approaches for Studying the Vocabulary System in the Endangered Language of a Northern Ethnic Group
Specific Characteristics of the Ontological and Methodological Approaches for Studying the Vocabulary System in the Endangered Language of a Northern Ethnic Group

Summary/Abstract: This article is dedicated to the endangered language of a Northern f group, the Saami people. The article argues that the ontological approach, which reveals the ethnic group’s specific world-view as reflected in its language, and, as a consequence, the anthropological nature of this language, is determinative of a particular methodology for studying the language. It is noted that in this linguistic material, it becomes essential to distinguish between scientific knowledge and naïve/popular knowledge about real-world objects, to determine the actual knowledge of the informants, and to study the naïve interpretations of word meanings provided by native speakers

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