Review of the monograph «Musukov B.A.-K. Formal semantic paradigm of colorative vocabulary in Turkic languages. – Nalchik: Binding2016, 2023. – 163 p.»

Abstract

The content of B.A.-K. Musukov’s monograph “The formal semantic paradigm of color vocabulary in Turkic languages,” which was published in Nalchik in 2023, is given and studied. The reviewer characterizes the two chapters of the book consistently by surveying the lexico-semantic and structural aspects of a considerable layer of vocabulary from Turkic languages representing nominations of various colors. The author’s use of the comparative historical technique in the examination of colorants is emphasized. A multivector analysis of the adjectival colorative vocabulary led the author to the conclusion that coloronyms differ from other categories of adjectival words in their specific semantics and individual grammatical features, as well as in ethnocultural terms, which are influenced not only by the Turkic language system but also by their speakers’ cultural and historical experiences. It is suggested that the author adopt the anthropocentric paradigm of modern humanities and linguistics to study the issue in question in future research.