Roles Defined Through Language: A Comparative Analysis of Nouns Denoting Family Relations in Armenian, Italian and English Languages
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https://doi.org/10.46991/BYSU:F/2020.11.1.048Keywords:
Selected:sociolinguistics, comparative analysis, English, Italian, Armenian, family relations, A. Giddens, B. Bernstein, sociologyAbstract
The article attempts to compare nouns expressing family relations in Armenian, Italian and English, and to identify the social foundations of their existence. The research methodology is based on the theoretical approaches of sociologists E. Giddens and B. Bernstein, which allow us to explain a number of thematic research issues. The article provides a comparative table of nouns expressing family relations in the three languages under consideration, and gives a detailed interpretation of this in relation to a number of social characteristics
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