Concept altyn “gold” in the modern karachay-balkar languague
B.A. Musukov, L.Kh. Makhieva
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Abstract. The article is the first to examine the concept of altyn “gold” in the modern Karachay-Balkar language as a basic unit of linguacultural studies. The aim of the work is a systematic study, description of this concept in the national-cultural aspect and analysis of free and lexicalized word combinations, idioms of phraseological type, simple and complex sentences formed with the help of the common Turkic lexeme. It examines the word-formation features of this unit participating in derivational processes with the help of affixal and root morphemes. The work reveals the features of verbalization reflecting the specificity of this concept in the linguistic national culture of the Karachays and Balkars, defines some basic concepts and terms associated with the concept of altyn “gold”. The practical significance lies in the fact that the research materials can be used in comparative-contrastive study of the vocabulary of Turkic languages, in lecture and seminar courses on the theory of the modern Karachay-Balkar language, as well as in the compilation of textbooks and teaching aids, dictionaries of various types.
Keywords: concept, mental unit, symbol, gold values, metaphor, linguistic world-image, proverbial fund, phraseological unit
For citation. Musukov B.A., Makhieva L.Kh. Concept altyn “gold” in the modern karachay-balkar language. News of the Kabardino-Balkarian Scientific Center of RAS.2024. Vol. 26. No. 5. Pp. 283–288. DOI: 10.35330/ 1991-6639-2024-26-5-283-288
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Boris A. Musukov, Doctor of Philological Sciences, Leading Researcher, Head of the Karachay-Balkar Language Sector of the Institute for Humanitarian Research – branch of the Kabardino-Balkarian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences;
360000, Russia, Nalchik, 18 Pushkin street;
bmusukov@bk.ru, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1765-0176, SPIN-code: 8975-4530
Lyudmila Kh. Makhieva, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Deputy Director for Research, Leading Researcher of the Karachay-Balkar Language Sector, Institute of Humanitarian Researches – branch of Kabardino-Balkarian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences;
360000, Russia, Nalchik, 18 Pushkin street;
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6186-0395, SPIN-code: 3779-5112, SPIN-code: 3779-5112










