The study of synonymy in Turkic and Crimean Tatar linguistics

Abstract

The study of lexical-semantic structure of the Crimean Tatar language is one of the relevant tasks of modern Turkology. Systematic interpretation and presentation of the language suggests comprehensive characteristics of lexical-phraseological composition in terminology of paradigmatics, syntagmatics and epidigmatics. Selection of this topic is substantiated by the fact that the category of synonymy in the Crimean Tatar language has not previously become the object of special research. The relevance of studying this topic is defined by insufficient coverage of the problem in the Crimean Tatar language. The existing in modern scientific and educational literature records on synonymy of the Crimean Tatar language are rather fragmentary. The question of synonymy is one of the central in modern linguistics. Multiple aspects of synonymy are also relevant in the Turkic linguistics. The interest towards lexical morphology of synonyms, synonymous use of the borrowed lexis, as well as phraseological synonymy has increased over the recent years. A historiographical overview of the existing in Turkology scientific literature proves that the study of synonymy in Turkic linguistics is currently picking up. A substantial number of works dedicated to this topic examine various concepts of the phenomenon of synonymy, as well as its other important aspects. Many aspects of synonymy are quite relevant in the Turkic linguistics. The interest towards morphology of synonyms, synonymous use of the borrowed lexis, and phraseological synonymy is growing significantly.