A verb as a reflection of the main characteristics of human behavior in the Khanty language

This article analyzes the concept of “human behavior” from the perspective of humanities and highlights its main characteristics. The objective is to identify and describe semantics, determine the composition and structure of the verbs of behavior in the Khanty language. The main material for the study was the author’s field notes, a database of the examples from folklore, fiction works, dictionaries published in the Khanty newspaper “Luh avt”. The work employed the component and comparative analysis of lexeme value. The verbs of behavior of the Khanty language so far have not been the subject of a research; basically it has been only fragmentary. The study examines the implementation of the main characteristics of human behavior on the material of lexical and semantic group of behavioral verbs in the Khanty language: human behavior in the material sphere, human behavior in the intellectual sphere and the characteristics of human behavior in society.