Interdisciplinary approach to studying written nomadic sources in the context of modern historiology

Heritage Science

Nurbolat Abuov¹  Anatoliy Pleshakov¹  Akmaral Ibrayeva¹  Zaure Kartova¹  Assemgul Temirkhanova²  Tlegen Sadykov² 

[1] Department of History of Kazakhstan and Socio-Humanitarian Disciplines, M. Kozybaev North Kazakhstan University, Pushkin Street, 86, 1500000, Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan;Department of History of Kazakhstan, L. Gumilyov, Eurasian National University, Pushkin Street, 11, 010000, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan;

关键词: Discourse analysis;    Document structure;    Edicts;    Nomadic civilization;    Oral historiology;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s40494-021-00564-7

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

This article uses an interdisciplinary approach to analyze textual sources from nomadic civilization. Linguistic analysis has been increasingly used due to the emergence of a huge array of autochthonous and authentic written sources. It is impossible to extract the necessary historical information from those sources without using a new research method. This study aims to apply discourse analysis to medieval textual sources called edicts published in 1400–1635 by the leaders of the Central Asian states. This approach is expected to enable a detailed study of the structure of edicts, as well as speech patterns and terms used in the text. The results of the study revealed the structure of the examined edicts, as well as socio-cultural, economic, and communicative features of the nomadic society. First, the discourse repertoire of Edicts from Sygnak is rather unique, as evidenced by comparative analysis of patents from the cities of Sygnak, Sayram and Turkestan located in the Syr Darya basin. Second, edicts in this study reflect the result of the mutual influence of sedentary and mobile lifeways. Third, the arguments behind certain speech patterns used in the examined edicts emerged under the influence of Turkic traditions.

【 授权许可】

CC BY