Linguistic representation of a parent’s speech behavior in Kazakh Literature

Abstract

Language as an anthropocentric phenomenon reflects processes taking place in a society, and one of these processes is family intercourse. Last decades show a sharp increase in negative trends when aggressive speech behavior prevails in family and school discourse in Kazakhstani community. The article is aimed at conducting lingvo-cultural and psycholinguistic analysis of speech behavior of a parent represented in national literary works. The authors suppose that early literary works by Kazakh writers are of bigger interaction of traditions and principles to shape positive thinking in children. In the course of the analysis, language units representing different (positive or negative) speech behaviors of parents in the works of Kazakh writers from the early period to the present day were selected and then grouped into separate categories depending on the level of their influence on a child. This analysis revealed inconsistencies in parents’ speech behaviors and identified the important role of speech attitudes in the formation of positive thinking and a worldview in children.