Articles
Current Turkish terminology of family and kinship
Elena Napolnova
Vostok/Oriens '2016, №6
Family relations were indigenously the basis of understanding the structure of society and connections between its members. Kinship terms serve as an instrument for coding relationships within cultural-linguistic group necessary to build up correct relations with others in everyday life. Turkish kinship terms are interesting in that, due to several radical shifts in cultural environment, lexemes ascending to different stages in the development of Turkic and later Turkish institution of the family were included. As a result, accompanied by some cultural-historic facts, Turkish kinship terms give us a unique retrospective review of cultural-marital relationships.
Keywords: family and kinship terms, structure of Turkish family, marriage in Turkey
Pages: С. 63–72
