On the History of Concepts: A Linguistic Perspective. The Verb ‘to hide’ in Shughni

Affiliation:
National Research University «Higher School of Economics»
Vinogradov Institute of the Russian Language of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Shakhlo S. Nekushoeva

Affiliation: Institute of Humanities of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan
Address: 1 Holdorova Str., Khorog city, 736002, Republic of Tajikistan

Elena Ye. Armand

Affiliation: National Research University «Higher School of Economics»
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Journal name

Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka

Edition

Volume 80 Issue 6

Pages

69-78

Abstract

In this paper, we undertake a study of the lexical semantics of verbs with the meaning ‘hideʼ in one of the small Eastern Iranian languages of the Pamirs – Shughni, spoken in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province of Tajikistan. Data for the paper were extracted from the published dictionary of the Shughni language (Karamshoev 1988–1999), as well as field materials from 2021 (Khorugh) collected by the authors on the basis of a typological questionnaire, created by the Moscow Lexico-typological group as part of the work on the project “The problem of semantic continuity in the lexico-typological aspect”. The paper consistently examines all Shughni lexemes with the meaning ʽhideʼ and analyzes examples of their use. The analyzed material shows that the original lexical system of the Shughni language was practically devoid of the semantic field ‘hide’. The formation of this field took place gradually by borrowing the corresponding lexemes from the dominant language for this region (Tajik). Paradoxically, the Shughni system did not, as a result, become identical to Tajik in this lexical area. In reality, the Shughni language chose the Tajik verb with the meaning ʽto put, to placeʼ as the main verb to designate a variety of situations of hiding, and over time developed for it the general meaning of ʽhideʼ. At the same time, the principal Tajik verbs for the the meaning ʽto hideʼ – formed on the basis of the semantic aspects ʽhidden, secretʼ – in the Shughni system turned out to be on the periphery. Our work traces semantic shifts – both those typical of verbs with the meaning ‘hide’ and those that lead to the formation of predicates with such a meaning.

Keywords

lexical typology, to hide, Pamir languages, Shughni

Acknowledgment

The work was carried out with the support of the RFBR, project No. 20-012-00240 “The Problem of Semantic Continuity in the Lexico-Typological Aspect”.

Received

29.12.2021

Publication date

29.12.2021

Number of characters

22131

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GOST	Rakhilina E., Nekushoeva S., Armand E. On the History of Concepts: A Linguistic Perspective. The Verb ‘to hide’ in Shughni // Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka – 2021. – V. 80. – Issue 6 C. 69-78 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://izv-oifn.ru/S241377150017815-9-1 (circulation date: 29.04.2025). DOI: 10.31857/S241377150017814-8
MLA	Rakhilina, Ekaterina, Nekushoeva, Shakhlo S., Armand, Elena Ye. "On the History of Concepts: A Linguistic Perspective. The Verb ‘to hide’ in Shughni." Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka 80.6 (2021):69-78. DOI: 10.31857/S241377150017814-8
APA	Rakhilina E., Nekushoeva S., Armand E. (2021). On the History of Concepts: A Linguistic Perspective. The Verb ‘to hide’ in Shughni. Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka 80(6), pp.69-78 DOI: 10.31857/S241377150017814-8

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