THE EMERGENCE OF THE ETHNOLINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVE ON THE LEXEME “WATER” IN CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL LINGUISTICS

Abstract

Linguistics of the 20th and 21st centuries is characterized by a great interest in the study of the human factor in language, which led to a change in the scientific paradigm of linguistic research. This new scientific paradigm paved the way for a large-scale analysis of the language system from an anthropocentric point of view. The anthropocentric paradigm, which emerged in the last quarter of the 20th century, is considered a fundamental turning point in linguistics, and many studies are being conducted in this regard. Each language unit that exists in the language is being studied from only one point of view - from the point of view of human thinking.

The emergence of a new theory in modern linguistics is inextricably linked with the study of the factor of the speaker. The emergence of the anthropocentric turn in linguistics put aside the structuralism principle of language research "in itself and for itself" and focused the main attention on the individual factor. Now every unit in the language, every event is analyzed only from the point of view of the human factor.