Functioning of Toponymic Lexis in Turkic Epic Literature

Autor/inn/en	Kenbayeva, Ainur Z.; Bekmasheva, Aktoty N.; Umarova, Gulnar S.; Shakirova, Katira M.; Tuimebekova, Aliya A.
Titel	Functioning of Toponymic Lexis in Turkic Epic Literature
Quelle	In: Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 8 (2022) 3, S.45-54 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kenbayeva, Ainur Z.) ORCID (Bekmasheva, Aktoty N.) ORCID (Umarova, Gulnar S.) ORCID (Shakirova, Katira M.) ORCID (Tuimebekova, Aliya A.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Geographic Regions; Naming; Foreign Countries; Literary Genres; Poetry; Symbolic Language; Islam; Folk Culture; Turkic Languages; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Literarische Form; Lyrik; Poesie; Symbolsprache; Turkish; Türkisch; Türkei
Abstract	This paper aims at exploring the role and functions of place names from a Kazakh and Tatar versions of the famous Turkic epic poem "Edige." A total of 69 proper names denoting places such as settlements and localities, water objects and surface relief were analyzed qualitatively with the intensive topology approach. The findings show that toponymic lexemes perform five main functions in the epos: localizing, informative, accumulative, symbolic, and individualizing. In the Kazakh and Tatar versions of the epic poem "Edige," toponyms can act as the main reference points in time and space, referring to some specific characteristics of the geographic objects, conveying the historical and cultural heritage of the Turkic peoples, and revealing connection to the religion of Islam. Moreover, in the national versions of the epos under analysis individual toponyms, i.e. those found only in one version of the epos and typical of the area where the storyteller lived, add authenticity and a local flavor to the events described in the text. The study enables a better understanding of the national and cultural originality of ideas about space, which can be transformed according to toponymic data. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics. Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Anafartalar Campus Faculty of Education Department of Foreign Language Education, Canakkale 07100, Turkey. e-mail: editor@ejal.info; Website: https://ejal.info/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01