National and cultural features of phraseological dialecticisms in Karachay-Balkar language

M.Z. Ulakov, B.A. Musukov, L.Kh. Makhieva, L.B. Kuchmezova

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Abstract: In the article, based on lexical and semantic analysis, dialectal phraseological units of the Karachay-Balkar language are systematized and established for the first time within the framework of its national and cultural specificity.
Aim. The study is to identify the socio-cultural potential of dialectal phraseological units that convey the ethnic characteristics of the linguistic worldview of speakers of the tsok dialect.
Materials and methods research. The theoretical and methodological basis of this study was provided by the works of Russian scholars and linguists engaged in the study of dialectal phraseology in the Karachay-Balkar language. The following lexicographic sources have been used: “Explanatory Dictionary of the Karachay-Balkar Language” (in three volumes); “Brief Dictionary of the Malkar Central/West Dialect”; “Karachay-Balkar Phraseological Dictionary”, as well as materials from the fiction of D. Taumurzaev and I. Gadiev. The study primarily uses methods of structural-semantic, contextual analysis, and the descriptive method.
Results. Based on the collected factual material, the distinctive national and cultural characteristics and nuanced meanings of dialectical phraseological units have been analyzed and identified. From a functional and semantic perspective, the object of the study is dialectal phraseological units characteristic of the tsok dialect in all their diversity and richness.
Conclusions. The practical significance of this work lies in the fact that the results and conclusions of the study can be applied in lectures and seminars on the modern Karachay-Balkar language and in the compilation of translated dictionaries of Turkic languages.

Keywords: literary language, phraseological dialects, territorial dialect, sphere of use, system of value orientations, lexicographic aspect

For citation. Ulakov M.Z., Musukov B.A., Makhieva L.Kh., Kuchmezova L.B. National and cultural features of phraseological dialecticisms in Karachay-Balkar language. News of the Kabardino-Balkarian Scientific Center of RAS. 2025. Vol. 27. No. 6. Pp. 465–472. DOI: 10.35330/1991-6639-2025-27-6-465-472

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Information about the authors

Makhti Z. Ulakov, Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor, Advisor to the Director General of the Kabardino-Balkarian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Senior Scientific Researcher of the Karachay-Balkar Language Sector, Institute of Humanitarian Researches – branch of the Kabardino-Balkarian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences;
18, Pushkin street, Nalchik, 360000, Russia;
maxtti@mail.ru, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5972-8472, SPIN-code: 2697-4930
Boris A. Musukov, Doctor of Philological Sciences, Head of the Karachay-Balkar Language Sector, Institute of Humanitarian Research – branch of the Kabardino-Balkarian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences;
18, Pushkin street, Nalchik, 360000, Russia;
bmusukov@bk.ru, ORCID: https://orsid.оrg/0000-0003-1765-0176, SPIN-code: 8975-4530
Lyudmila Kh. Makhieva, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor, Deputy Director for Research, Institute of Humanitarian Research – branch of the Kabardino-Balkarian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences;
18, Pushkin street, Nalchik, 360000, Russia;
liudmila.makhiieva@mail.ru, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6186-0395, SPIN-code: 3779-5112
Larisa B. Kuchmezova, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Senior Researcher of the Karachay-Balkar Language Sector, Karachay-Balkar language sector, Institute of Humanitarian Research – branch of the Kabardino-Balkarian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences;
18, Pushkin street, Nalchik, 360000, Russia;
larisakuchmezova@mail.ru, ORCID: https://orcid.оrg/0000-0002-7384-1455, SPIN-code: 3634-1757