Linguistic Explication of the Moral Category "Namis" (on the Basis of the Karachai-Balkarian Language)
The paper is dedicated to the study of the multicomponent category “namis” which reflects the value orientation of the Caucasian peoples. Basing on the analysis of phraseological and paremiological units in the field of culture, we presented a model of the category “namis”, which allows to conclude that its cognitive semantic minimum forms a system of ethical signs determining the self-identification of the representatives of the Caucasian culture.