Human Values Expressed. An Example of the Application of Linguistic Analysis in the Study of Human Values Terminology in the Tajik Language
Human Values Expressed. An Example of the Application of Linguistic Analysis in the Study of Human Values Terminology in the Tajik Language
Author(s): Tomasz GacekSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: Tajik language; human values; ambition; freedom; honesty; piety
Summary/Abstract: The present article discusses the problem of how selected human values like ambition, freedom, honesty and piety are expressed in the Tajik language. The semantic fields of the forms in question is analysed in order to understand the associations and connotations they raise. Analysis of the semantic fields of language forms denoting a particular value may help us to understand the place of this value in the value hierarchy of some culture.
Journal: Politeja - Pismo Wydziału Studiów Międzynarodowych i Politycznych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
- Issue Year: 13/2016
- Issue No: 44
- Page Range: 79-99
- Page Count: 21
- Language: English