Abstract
<p>This paper considers the proverbs of the Tatar language with a numeral component «бер» / “ber” (one). Reasoning from the meaning of the numerals used in the introduced phraseological units, conditional semantic groups have been formed. In the course of the analysis, we have identified two large semantic groups: “Greed” and “Character traits”, and the subgroups within these two large groups. As a result of the analysis, it has been found that the combination with the noun «<em>бертиен</em>» (one kopeck) is used together with the words having a negative connotation. In most of the examples given, the character traits are rendered in combination of the numerals with the noun («бертиен» (one penny), «беркашыксу» (a spoonful of water), and the negative connotation of the proverbs is conveyed by means of the words with negative meanings such as «сусалмас» (someone will not give water); «каратиргә төшеп сатулашу» (bargain to all of a sweat), etc. The results of this work can be used in further studies of the semantics of numerals used in proverbial sayings; in formulating a classification of phraseological units with a numeral component; for comparative-contrastive analysis of the translations of set expressions from one language to another.</p>
Highlights
In the Tatar language, as in many other languages, there are a lot of phraseological units where one of the components of the figurative expression is the numeral
The proverbial sayings we chose were divided into two relative semantic groups
We found that the proverbial sayings of the first group described a greedy person, and the combination «бертиен» / used in the proverbs either intensified the proverbial meaning, or gave a negative connotation to the saying, conveying such meanings as “a minute quantity”, “avarice to the highest degree”, “a dab of money” and “quantity”
Summary
In the Tatar language, as in many other languages, there are a lot of phraseological units where one of the components of the figurative expression is the numeral. Numerals, being a part of the linguistic view of the world, are of great interest to the researchers of different scientific fields. Great interest in the study of numerals in different fields of science can be explained by the fact that “... The study of phraseological units with numerals are most significant in terms of revelation of the cultural and typological features of the concept of numbers reflected in them” (Bagautdinova, 2006). In E.F. Rakhimova’s work one can find the following words about phraseological units with numerals: “Phraseological units with a numeral component reflect the people’s early ideas about the world, its structure, where sacred, symbolic meanings are attached to the numbers” (Rakhimova, 2013)
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