Semantic Features of the Word Qonyr (Brown): Conceptual Analysis of Two Separate Works

Baltabayeva A. Bakenova A. Amirbekova A. Sametova Z. Kalybekova K. Samenkyzy U. Umirbekova A. Zharylgapov Z. Khassenov B.
2024 Academy Publication

Theory and Practice in Language Studies
2024 #14 Issue 11 3347 - 3354 pp.

It is known that the Aesopian language was used in the works of many writers to convey the parable. This article shows how and why Kazakh writers used the Aesopian language during the Soviet era. The study analyzes the contextual and symbolic meanings of the word qonyr, one of the most important concepts of Kazakh cognition. The research material was taken from O. Bokey’s novel Kajdasyn, Kaska Kulynym? (Where Are You, My Foal with a Star on His Forehead?), and a poem by Zhumeken Nazhimedenov titled “Kyran-Kiya” (“Mountain Eagle”). A conceptual research method in modern linguistics was chosen for data analysis. As a result, new implicit meanings of the word qonyr (“brown”) were revealed, such as “longing”, “sadness”, and “nobility”. The juxtaposition of these meanings with Soviet ideology is presented. The results and conclusions of the study are a kind of contribution to studies in cognitive linguistics and decolonization.

color space , color vocabulary , conceptual analysis , semantic features , symbolic meanings

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Buketov Karaganda University, Karaganda, Kazakhstan
The Lexicology Department, Institute of Linguistics Named After A. Baitursynov, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Karaganda Technical University Named After Abylkas Saginov, Karaganda, Kazakhstan
M. Kh. Dulaty Taraz Regional University, Taraz, Kazakhstan
Zhezkazgan Baikonurov University, Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan

Buketov Karaganda University
The Lexicology Department
Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University
Karaganda Technical University Named After Abylkas Saginov
M. Kh. Dulaty Taraz Regional University
Zhezkazgan Baikonurov University

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