Genre features of Lezghin folk tongue twisters and their educational function

Abstract

This article examines folk tongue twisters presented in Lezghin children's amusing folklore. The purpose of the article is to identify the specifics of using tongue twisters in children's society, as well as their role in the formation of the aesthetic, artistic and pedagogical content of folklore texts. When studying the tongue twister genre, we rely on the theoretical basis developed in the Russian science of folklore, since this genre has not been studied in Lezghin folklore. The analysis is based on a systematic approach, which involves a comprehensive method for studying folklore in the context of specific realities. The results of the analysis showed that in children's folklore, tongue twisters’ function in the form of entertainment, games. However, the content of the game is revealed only in oral verbal form. In the context of studying tongue twisters in Lezghin children's folklore, the study revealed that tongue twisters can be classified according to various genre features. It has been proven that tongue twisters are used by speech therapists (to eliminate speech defects) and teachers (to strengthen the articulatory speech apparatus and develop speech). Tongue twisters are based on alliterations, internal rhyme, rhythm, frequent repetitions (repeated reproduction of consonant sounds in combination with vowel sounds; repetition of the same words or root words; repetition of entire grammatical constructions; morphological repetitions based on numerals, interjections, etc.).