EVERYDAY BASHKIR FOLK SONGS AS REFLECTION OF NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS

Abstract

The article presents the analysis of Bashkir folk songs as an object of semantization. The urgency of the study is explained by the fact that semantization, as a process and result of communicating the necessary information about the content of the linguistic units of the Bashkir folk song, is insuffi ciently studied. Semantization includes two components: representation of the minimum amount of knowledge about the life of the Bashkir people verbalized in the national song; illustration zone in the form of a cloud of words. The research corps was served by Bashkir folk songs from collections «Pearls of folk art of the Urals», «Bashkir folk songs. Songs-legends», «Bashkir folk art». The article used analytical method, linguistic analysis of the text, reception of classifi cation and systematization of the linguistic material by certain criteria, method of keywords selection, method of thematic groups. The body of texts has been analyzed using the Word’s Cloud service to visualize the word cloud of the most frequented words. The article develops an algorithm of research of Bashkir folk songs as an object of semantization, including the following stages: selection of lexical explicators; classifi cation by thematic groups; creation of cloud of words of the thematic group; analysis of the main parts of speech, semantic content of the thematic group; identification of keywords and phrases. In the article 4 thematic groups are selected and analyzed in accordance with the algorithm: Love and romance; Fate and fate of Bashkir girls; Everyday rural life; Religion and rites. The acquired knowledge contributes to the formation of the national identity and unity, allow to preserve and transfer valuable traditions to the next generations, strengthening the national identity. The results of the analysis of thematic groups of folk songs create favorable conditions for understanding the Bashkir cultural space. Prospects of the research are seen in attraction of folk songs of other nationalities to carry out comparative analysis of their content.