Motrichenko O. Functional and semantic peculiarities of culturally marked words of the Hindi Language

The research is conducted within the framework of cultural linguistics and deals with semantic and functional peculiarities of culturally determined words of the Hindi language. The attempt is made to consider the vocabulary of the Hindi language through a prism of the unique culture of India, on the one hand, and to cast light on the phenomena of Indian culture on the basis of linguistic material, on the other.Taking into consideration the fact, that cultural specifics is differently depicted in semantics of lexical units, five main types of culturally marked words of the Hindi language are determined: 1) realias; 2) lexics with cultural background (or words with specific cultural prototypes); 3) culturally connotated words; 4) cultural lacunas; 5) key words of culture. Lexical etiquette forms (addressing and greeting forms) are regarded as a special type of culturally marked lexics. The results of the etymological analysis definitely show the heterogeneous nature of culturally marked words of the Hindi language, that gives the linguistic confirmation of the syncretism of Indian culture. The supreme status of a Sanskrit word as the carrier of the old Indian culture is determined and proved.