The semantic field "family" in the modern language of the Meskhetian Turks of Russia
https://doi.org/10.31143/2542-212X-2026-2-326-337
EDN: VEBGVO
Abstract
The language of the Meskhetian Turks currently living in the Russian Federation remains one of the least studied Turkic languages. This is obviously due to the diasporic nature and compactness of the residence of representatives of the nation, the lack of activity and participation of native speakers of the Turkish-Meskhetian language in preserving and researching the peculiarities of their native language, the lack of systematic scientific work aimed at filling gaps in the lexicography of the Meskhetian Turks, and other inexplicable reasons. The present study, conducted on the basis of a sample from the texts of spontaneous oral discourse of native speakers of the Turkish-Meskhetian language (mainly 1st and 2nd generations) living in the Astrakhan region, aims to describe in the Turkish-Meskhetian language the basic semantic field "Family" for any language, which will allow us to present the peculiarities of the worldview of representatives of the Meskhetian Turks linguistic culture. In the course of the study, the content of the core, the near and far peripheries of the semantic field under study were established, and the meaningful features of the intermediate periphery were identified. Based on the semantic criterion, the sample is also classified into thematic groups that contribute to the holistic perception of the family in the modern Turkish-Meskhetian language. The study made it possible to identify and describe, within the framework of the field, ethnocultural information related to the perception of family as a value in the language under study. The work used a set of general scientific (interviewing, the method of directed sampling, analysis, synthesis, comparison, generalization) and linguistic methods (descriptive method, method of semantic analysis, quantitative method).
About the Author
Galina V. Fayzieva
Astrakhan State University named after V.N. Tatishchev, Astrakhan
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Professor of the Department of English and Professional Communications
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Fayzieva G.V. The semantic field "family" in the modern language of the Meskhetian Turks of Russia. Kavkazologiya. 2026;(2). (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31143/2542-212X-2026-2-326-337. EDN: VEBGVO
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