SEMANTICS OF COLOR DESIGNATIONS IN KARACHAY-BALKAR FOLKLORE (BASED ON HISTORICAL-HEROIC SONGS)

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Home Editorial board Publication ethics Current Information Archive Peer review guidelines Contacts Address: Pr. Mira, 10, Vladikavkaz, 362040, RNO-A, Russia E-mail: soigsi@mail.ru	DOI: 10.46698/VNC.2024.93.54.013 SEMANTICS OF COLOR DESIGNATIONS IN KARACHAY-BALKAR FOLKLORE (BASED ON HISTORICAL-HEROIC SONGS) Gergokova, Leila S. Izvestia SOIGSI. 2024. IIS 54 (93). P.132-140. Abstract: This article analyzes the color lexemes “qara” – “black”, “ak” – “white” and “qyzyl” – “red” in the Karachay-Balkar historical and heroic songs. The frequency of using the triad white-black-red in the works of oral folklore is a confirmed pattern for all people. During the study, the symbolic meanings and lexical definitions of these color names in the creation of imagery in folklore poetic texts are established. It is noted that each nation has its own built system of color symbolism, which over time lost their cognitive meanings and acquired artistic and spiritual-moral meanings. A special place in historical and heroic songs is given to the most dominant symbols of the color designation “qara” – “black”, the reason for this is that the works mainly have a tragic plot. It is indicated that the coloronym “qara” – “black” symbolizes dark color, lack of sunlight, death, darkness and chaos, but this color lexeme in the studied songs has a binary meaning, unites two semes: negative and positive. The color lexeme “ak” - “white” in the studied poetic texts is less common. When describing this coloronym, its functional uniqueness is revealed. The third color lexeme “qizil” – “red” is considered the middle link of the color triad. It is symbolized with unholy intentions, villains, and also a symbol of fire, anxiety, war and life. It is noted that the lexeme “qizil” – “red” in historical and heroic songs mainly has a meaning associated with blood. During the study, it was established that the meanings of the white-black-red triad according to color perceptions, as well as to enhance the meaning, could change and have many colors and meanings in the structure. The author concludes that colors in folklore texts are mainly associated with superstitions. The main function of color lexemes is to reproduce images, symbols in the color picture of the world. Keywords: color symbolism, historical and heroic songs, color names, color lexeme, color triad, folklore. Download the full text For citation:: Gergokova L.S. Semantics of color designations in Karachay-Balkar folklore (based on historical and heroic songs) // Izvestiya SOIGSI. 2024. Iss. 54 (93). Pp. 132-140. (in Russian). DOI 10.46698/VNC.2024.93.54.013 + References 1. Bolatova (Atabieva), A.D., Gergokova, L.S. Spetsifika simvolicheskikh tsvetooboznachenii v fol’klornykh i khudozhestvennykh tekstakh [Specificity of symbolic color designations in folklore and fiction texts]. Filologicheskie nauki. Voprosy teorii i praktiki [Philological sciences. Theoretical and practical issues]. 2015, no. 9-2 (51), pp. 36–39. 2. Khagozheeva, L.S. Tsvetovaya simvolika v adygskom epose [Color symbolism in the Adyghe epic]. Vestnik KBIGI [KBIHR Bulletin]. 2021, no. 4-2 (51), pp. 113–124. 3. Panchenko, A.M. O tsvete v drevnei literature vostochnykh i yuzhnykh slavyan [On color in the ancient literature of the Eastern and Southern Slavs]. Trudy otdela drevnerusskoi literatury. T. 23. Literaturnye svyazi drevnikh slavyan [Proceedings of the Department of Old Russian Literature. Vol. 23. Literary connections of the ancient Slavs]. Leningrad, 1968, pp. 3–19. 4. Andreeva, L.A., Khudobina, O.F., Shipyots, K. Tsvetooboznacheniya v mansiiskikh zagadkakh [Color designations in Mansi riddles]. Filologicheskie nauki. Voprosy teorii i praktiki [Philological sciences. Theoretical and Practical Issues]. 2019, vol. 12, iss. 9, pp. 175–179. 5. Inandzh, Etibar Saftar oglu. Slova cvetooboznacheniya “chernyj” i “krasnyj” v slavyanskih i tyurkskih yazykah [Color designation words “black” and “red” in Slavic and Turkic languages]. Filologicheskie nauki. Voprosy teorii i praktiki [Philological sciences. Theoretical and Practical Issues]. 2014, no. 4 (34), part 3, pp. 86–92. 6. El’brus. Starye pesni [Elbrus. Ancient songs]. Nalchik, El’brus, 1993, no. 4. 224 p. (in Karachay- Balkar) 7. Dzhurtubaev, M.Ch. (comp.). Alanskii geroiko-istoricheskii ehpos [Alanian historical-heroic epic]. Nalchik, Tetragraf, 2015, vol. III. 399 p.). (in Karachay-Balkar and Russian) 8. Chivarzina, A.I. Sistema tsvetooboznachenii v balkanoslavyanskkih yazykakh v sopostavlenii s albanskim i rumynskim (etnolingvisticheskii aspekt) [The system of color designations in the Balkan- Slavic languages in comparison with Albanian and Romanian (ethnolinguistic aspect)]. Thesis abstract of the candidate dissertation (in Philology). Moscow, 2022. 223 p. ← Contents of issue


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