Sacred Vocabulary in Linguistic Consciousness of the Kazakh Youth
Akhmetova M. Abilmazhinova A. Sarekenova K. Omirbekova Z.H. Zhanzhigitov S. Kamarova N.S. Zulfiya K.
2025Hacettepe University
Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics
2025#11Issue 2205 - 217 pp.
Linguistically, sacred vocabulary refers to such units that have a sacred concept of semantic space in a language. The linguistic consciousness manifest in such sacred vocabulary portrays how a nation, group or individual perceives the whole world; it identifies the specifics of cognitive consciousness; and analyzes the relationship between language and culture. This study aimed to psycho-linguistically determine the image in modern linguistic consciousness of ethnocultural sacral units such as cradle, bow, and spindle, which connect the past with today’s generation spiritually, culturally, and materially. A qualitative research design assisted by free associative practice was used to determine the perception of the sacred vocabulary in the Kazakh ethnic groups. The study sample comprised 27 students of second year pursuing Kazakh group of specialties like Translation Studies and Foreign philology. An open-ended questionnaire was designed to collect data related to external manifestations of linguistic consciousness, and what associations in the present they make of words like cradle, bow, spindle with the same associations. The data was analyzed through analysis methods such as accumulation, analysis, generalization, induction, deduction, and grouping to understand the underlying intercultural manifestations. The results proved the manifestations of sacral vocabulary in the linguistic consciousness of modern youth through free associative practices. It was revealed that sacred units were preserved in the youth consciousness with information related to the life, traditions and customs of the people. The results imply that it is important to preserve the cultural heritage through language and convey the meaning of sacred things across generations. The study also proved the significance of using associative practices to identify images in the linguistic consciousness and understand the inextricable unity of a language.
Associative Experience , Ethno-Psycholinguistics , Linguistic Consciousness , Representation , Sacred Vocabulary
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Kazakh Linguistics Department of the L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan
Faculty of Philology, L. N. Gumilyov, Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan
L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan
Department of Kazakh Linguistics, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan
Department of kazakh Philology of the Faculty of Tourism and Languages of the Yessenov University, Aktau, Kazakhstan
Taraz University Named after M. Kh. Dulaty, Taraz, Kazakhstan
Kazakh Linguistics Department of the L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University
Faculty of Philology
L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University
Department of Kazakh Linguistics
Department of kazakh Philology of the Faculty of Tourism and Languages of the Yessenov University
Taraz University Named after M. Kh. Dulaty
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