Semiotics oppositions «Top–bottom» and «Far–near» as means of formation of ideas about space (on the material of dialects of Krasnoyarsk krai)

The paper is devoted to the dialect lexical units with spatial semantics. The category of space in the dialects of the Krasnoyarsk Krai is described on the basis of universal binary semiotic oppositions «top– bottom» and «far–near». The material provides the information about local mental ideas of the people inhabiting the territory.