FEATURES OF MENTAL ACTIVITY REPRESENTATIONS IN TATAR PROVERBS
The article analyses proverbs of the Tatar language, which are of interest for the theory of language in general and cultural linguistics in particular. It examines semantic features of the lexeme under study, which makes it possible to identify the differences in value priorities in the Tatar people’s outlook, and describes universal and national cultural-spiritual spaces in the paremiological fund of the language. In this work, paremias reveal human intellect and evaluate objective phenomena of reality, thus expressing the worldview and mental activity of the people. The article contains a number of conclusions, which are of practical interest to linguistic research. Further research in this direction will allow introducing new data on the development of the lexical fund of the modern Tatar language into the scientific circulation. The analysis demonstrates that sayings and proverbs are a valuable source, expressing folk wisdom, centuries-old experience and emotional and spiritual richness of the people. In the Tatar language, the bulk of proverbs are of colloquial type. Their subject matter is almost endless and covers many aspects of life and different relationships between phenomena of reality. Paremia familiarize us with customs, traditions and features of everyday life, and enable us to better understand the socio-historical context and the mechanisms for developing cultural stereotypes.