Principles of reconstruction of Pra- and Proto-Linguistic systems: Benefits of an integrated approach

Authors

  • Erden Kajybek

Keywords:

Proto-Turkic, Pro-Turkic, reconstruction, archaic, anthropological

Abstract

At the moment, a large amount of disparate and unrelated paremiological (proverbs and sayings, popular expressions, idioms), anthropological data (analysis of the composition of blood, saliva, bones, etc.), mythological, epic, archaeological, ethnographic and linguistic reconstructions of the Proto-Turkic and Pro-Turkic antiquity. The main results of these reconstructions in many cases contradict each other, and all this needs to be analysed and brought together.

In the article, based on selective illustrative material, attention is drawn to some artifacts and the final results of individual reconstructions of the material and non-material world. These are complexes of proto-cities, a series of archaeological finds of “golden people”, data of proto-Turkic (and proto-Altaic) reconstruction, and others.

The time has come for ancient scholars to compare the results obtained in related fields and related to synchronous time periods and try to bring all the information to a common denominator.

Chronologically identical historical epochs, archaeological and anthropological strata, proper diachronic periodization should have a clear inventory of typical and characteristic means and attributes.

In the field of linguistics, phonetic, phonological and morphonological transformations, as well as proper morphological, lexical and semantic correlations - all of them must have clear temporal markers and signaling devices.

Conceptually, only an attempt to compare the results of reconstructions of paremiological, anthropological, mythological, epic, archaeological, ethnographic and linguistic archaism will lead to verified discoveries and a new reading of individual pages in the history of the Turkic peoples of the world and mankind.

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2024-12-16

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