EMOTIONAL AND EVALUATIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CONCEPT “CHILD” IN THE LINGUISTIC WORLDVIEW OF THE KYRGYZ AND ENGLISH LANGUAGES

Abstract

This study is devoted to analyzing the linguo-cognitive and cultural features of the concept “bala/child” in the Kyrgyz and English languages. The article’s relevance lies in the need for an in-depth examination of the cultural aspects of the concept “bala/child” in both languages. In different languages and their cultures, the emotional and evaluative characteristics of the concept “bala/child” are shaped in diverse ways, thereby revealing the cognitive mechanisms of world perception. The research relies on the theory of evaluative semantics, the methods of cognitive linguistics, and the study of the role of emotions in language, aiming to identify the cultural and linguistic foundations of how the concept “bala/child” is perceived. The task of the study is to determine, through comparison, the evaluative meanings, cognitive mechanisms, and cultural specificities of emotional expression associated with the concept “bala/child” in Kyrgyz and English. The applied methods include analysis within the framework of the theory of evaluative semantics, cognitive-linguistic research, comparative analysis, and metaphorical transfer. The study highlights the interrelation between language and culture and reveals the social significance of the studied concept.