Linguoculturalogical semantic aspects of zoo-phraseological units in Turkic Languages

Abstract

The paper examines the linguoculturological semantics of Turkic zoo-phraseological units. The Turkic peoples' unique national and cultural vision of the universe is reflected in fixed terms related with the animal world. The article investigated the phraseological units which have horselexeme in related languages. Although zoo-phraseologisms are studied fully in Turkology, we believe it is vital to compare zoo-phraseological units amongst related languages in terms of linguistic and cultural continuity. Since zoonyms (phraseological units, proverbs, etc.), according to the linguocultural data of the Turkic languages, currently piques the interest of scholars. In the content of the article the horses are characterized as an integral part of the Turkic culture and function as its primary symbol. The purpose of the study is to examine zoo-phraseology’s semantic structure from a linguocultural perspective. By studying and partially analyzing the zoo-phraseology of related languages, the study identified and detailed the cultural aspects and areas of contact of the Turkic worldview. The findings of the research contribute to the definition of the zoonymic code of the representation of the Turkic world. As a result, we believe it is vital for the Turkic lexical fund to investigate the linguocultural semantics and motivational foundation of phraseological units generated by combining animal names.

Keywords: linguoculturology, Turkology, Turkic languages, zoo-phraseology, linguoculturological semantic units.