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Linguocultural representation of the yakut “sacred” food

https://doi.org/10.25587/SVFU.2020.76.61513

Abstract

Being one of the most significant elements of the people’s tangible culture, nutrition represents quite a large interest in terms of studying the various forms of human adaptation to existing circumstances, human interaction with nature and defining the importance of naming dairy, meat and other types of products in the non-tangible culture of an ethnic group. Themainpurposeof the given research is to single out the “sacred” food components such as those not only forming the tangible culture of the ethnic group under study, but also those which serve as sign-representations of national and cultural information sources. Thisresearchpaperattemptstogivea description of linguistic phenomena though the outlook of specific national components represented in them; this predetermines the understanding of the cultural component in the analyzed cultural and linguistic environment. In order to achieve the goal of the research conducted as a topic of language and culture, the following scientific methods were used: context analysis, descriptive method, ethno-linguistic interpretation. Thestudyhasshown that being a variety of regular or simple food, “sacred” food can serve as a tool for a range of rituals and customs, while it attains a large scope of culturally important meanings, i.e., in this particular case, there is a mechanism of transforming the importance of regular food into a culturally marked form of nutrition. Accordingtothegatheredmaterial, in the Yakut traditional culture kumys, among all the other dairy products, has the status of a ritual drink. Apart from kumys, butter also has a wide range of cultural statuses, for instance, it is added into kumys as a supplement. Again, kumys used to be an ordinary type of food in the past. A special role is given to adding butter into kumys, i.e., changes in the ingredients are being made intentionally in order for this drink to acquire a festive and ritual status. Another area of great scientific interest is the motif of changing the communicative circumstances and means of dairy food consumption. In this particular case, it is essentially important to describe the situation in which this specific food is consumed. Special conditions predetermine the communication process achievement among its participants. Meanwhile, certain vessels used in the process also perform a specific semantic function. They serve not only as a compulsory element of the ritual but also define the cultural ethic code in a particular context. Thus, the ritual and nominative representation of dairy products is achieved through their transition to a new status. Inthisparticularcase, it involves the technique of preparing such meals as well as a transition to new communicative conditions and methods of consuming such food.

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T. N. Nikolaeva
M.K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University
Russian Federation


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Nikolaeva T.N. Linguocultural representation of the yakut “sacred” food. Vestnik of North-Eastern Federal University. 2020;(2):92-101. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25587/SVFU.2020.76.61513

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