Yurt as a value of Kalmyk linguistic culture

The paper analyzes the linguistic culture associated with ger ‘yurt’ – Kalmyk house, objectively determined by historically established traditional type of nomad housing. A new approach to comprehending sphere is undertaken. selected object studied not only as a dwelling, but sacred, inhabited, developed space, semantic dominant worldview, which determines people's ideas about “insider/outsider”, “honorary/profane”, “male/female”, “right/left”, “forbidden/permitted”, “happy/unhappy”, well norms behavior insiders and outsiders in living space dwelling. existence “ishka ger” concept Kalmyks’ proved through analysis lexico-semantic field within mental area ger, terms their value material spiritual culture, from standpoint its categories such quantity, color, behavior. It that every element ishka size, weight, shape, material, placement designated just nomadic lifestyle, stock-raising labor activity, social organization features Kalmyks, worldview. yurt details, objects interior are characterized point view symbolism, axiology connection status “microworld nomad, model universe.” main research method linguo-culturological: conceptual, figurative components formations sphere. Lexico-phraseological, paremiological means extracted lexicographic sources, fragments texts fiction, continuous sampling national corpus language used material.