DIALECT AS A SPACE OF MICROSOCIETY CULTURE REPRESENTATION

Abstract

Dialect is a type of national language. It is not burdened by the requirements of literary language but at the same time it accumulates peculiarities of material and spiritual culture during all stages of nation development. Accompanying speakers at every stage of local progress or regression, dialects preserve the knowledge and experience of past generations, reflect every stage of cultural evolution. In this regard, the study of dialectal speech remains an important and urgent task for linguists. The purpose of the article is to analyze ways of concept SON verbalization in the Middle-upper-Dnieper dialects and demonstrate the heuristic value of dialect for socio-cultural investigation. The concept SON is represented by different linguistic units. They show important features of dialect speakersʼ socio-cultural life. The analysis of concept verbalizers establish that the perception of the prototypical image is based on biological, gender, legal, socio-economic and evaluative aspects related to the profane sphere. Simultaneously the correlation between the image of an earthly son and the Son of God indicates a close connection between the concept and the sacred world. The study stresses that the concept SON takes an important place of the family relations structure. It represents various aspects of interaction within family and society. The concept SON has not been the object of research in rhe Middle-upper-Dnieper dialects yet, so the investigation of its ways of verbalization is the advances of this article. The study concludes that dialectal speech serves as a vital resource for ethnolinguistic research, reflecting the intricate interplay between language and culture. Investigating dialects and their various forms of documentation remains a crucial and relevant task for linguists. Such investigations aid in preserving cultural legacies and in understanding the developmental dynamics of languages within specific sociocultural contexts.