Use and semantic features of expressions in "Kutadgu bіlіg".

Abstract

This article describes the poem "Kutadgu bіlіg" of the prominent Turkish poet, thinker and scholar Yusuf Balasagun (1017—1075). "Kutadgu bіlіg" ("Beneficial knowledge") - outstanding work of Turkic literature of the Middle Ages. This philosophical work analyzes the meaning and value of human life, and defines the responsibilities and norms of behavior in society. Poem "The blessed knowledge" Yusuf Balasaguni is the first work of classical Turkic literature. This work - not only political treatise: the poem includes the sum of knowledge in various fields of science and culture of the Middle Ages. It addresses the problem of meaning in life, purpose of man, his place and role in the world. The poem contains the details of everyday life of nomads and hunting goods, where there are sayings, proverbs and aphorisms. And discusses the use of expressions in "Kutadgu bіlіg." By the aid of scientifically-descriptive, historicalcomparative, contextual, systematic and structural-semantic methods was defined linguistic character of the dastan and identified semantic features of phraseologisms. The authors conclude that that, expressions in dastan is a particularly important factor in the development of science.