Formulaic Linguistic Units in Bahtiyar Vahapzade's Poem Called "Gulistan"

Abstract

Formulaic language units are idioms, reduplications, proverbs, formulaic words, etc. creates. Stereotyped language units reflect the culture of the society. It gives meaning to the expressions of individuals who make common statements about any event or situation. In the historical process, Turkish has been divided into more than twenty Turkish dialects under the influence of various social and political reasons; Vocabularies of dialects have changed over time due to different societies' lifestyles, different perspectives on life, as well as political reasons. While these dialects are similar to each other in some ways, they differ from each other in some ways, depending on the groups they belong to. The common vocabulary used by dialects is important in this respect. While some dialects share a great deal of commonality in terms of vocabulary, some show less commonality. Azerbaijani Turkish is the closest dialect to Turkey Turkish, although there are differences between them in terms of sound, form and meaning. Bahtiyar Vahapzade, one of the famous figures of Azerbaijani literature, is a person who tried to use Turkish in a pure way, always expressed the feelings of his people through his works, and reflected the Turkish language and culture in his works in the best way. In this context, he skillfully used formulaic language units in his works. In our study, brief information about formulaic language units was given and formulaic language units were examined in the poem "Gülistan", which brought Bahtiyar Vahapzade great fame among the public. As a result of the review, an evaluation was made.