Marat qizi, Orazgalieva Ayjamal (2026) The Concept “Bala” in Karakalpak Proverbs and Sayings: A Cognitive and Linguocultural Analysis. American Journal of Social and Humanitarian Research, 7 (6). pp. 187-191. ISSN 2690-9626

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Abstract

This article examines the conceptual and axiological representation of the concept bala (‘child’) in Karakalpak paremiological discourse. Proverbs and sayings are approached as linguistic mechanisms through which ethnocultural values, social norms, and collective models of childhood are preserved and transmitted across generations. The study aims to identify dominant semantic and cognitive patterns underlying the conceptualization of children in Karakalpak linguoculture. The empirical corpus consists of ten Karakalpak proverbs containing the lexeme bala and semantically related units selected through continuous sampling. The material was analyzed using semantic, cognitive, contextual, interpretative, and linguocultural methods. The findings demonstrate that childhood in Karakalpak linguistic consciousness is represented through several interconnected conceptual models. These include child as autonomous development, child as dependent being, child as inherited potential, family determines direction, motherhood as sacred debt, social maturity exceeds biological age, daughter as social beauty, the future adult exists in the child, mother as the model of the daughter, and mother is home—child is movement. The analysis reveals that Karakalpak paremiology conceptualizes children not merely as biological individuals but as carriers of family continuity, moral expectations, social identity, and cultural values.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	A General Works > AI Indexes (General)
Depositing User:	admin eprints
Date Deposited:	23 Jun 2026 02:42
Last Modified:	23 Jun 2026 02:42
URI:	http://eprints.umsida.ac.id/id/eprint/16602

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