Phraseological Units with the Core Concept of “jan” ("soul") in the Context of the Phraseological Picture of the World (Based on the Material of the Karachay-Balkar Language) Key

The aim of the article is to present the national phraseological picture of the world as part of the linguistic picture of the world in the context of an anthropocentric approach to language learning. The characteristics of a person in the language, his worldview and value system are revealed in the process of representing the concept of “jan” "soul "as part of phraseological units based on the material of the literary text of K. Korkmazov's novel “Gorda Bychak” "The Sword of Revenge".
The analysis showed that in the research material, the concept of “jan” ("soul») is variously represented in phraseological units that characterize a person, his inner world, various emotional and expressive states, actions that refl ect the values of the
people. The phraseological units with the concept of “jan” "soul" extracted from the text of the novel, being a national-cultural indicator and an expressive means in the literary text, describes the religious, moral, ethical, patriotic ideas and the spiritual world of the people, as well as the personal qualities of a person and the motives of his actions. Although the novel is based on an actionpacked confl ict between the oppositions "wealth" and "poverty", the work shows that the true value is recognized as the soul of the people – its spiritual wealth, moral purity, contained in the phraseological units of the Karachay-Balkar language. It is established that the phraseological units in the text of the novel also represent the author's conceptual sphere, expressing his moral and ethical potential and value orientation in relation to positive and negative characters, various situations.
The study identifi es and classifi es semantic and thematic groups of phraseological units with the concept of “jan” ("soul") in the Karachay-Balkar language, where the characteristics of a person in the language are diff erentiated – his religious beliefs,
emotional states, moral and ethical motives of actions, character. Based on this material, we have identifi ed the following semantic and thematic groups of phraseological units with the concept of “jan” ("soul"):
1. The soul as a subject of theological understanding in the human worldview: jan berdi – "died, gave up the soul" (meaning "to be dead"), etc.;
2. The soul as a source of pure thoughts, moral and ethical principles, values and attitudes of the people: Jany chygyb k'algynchyn – "until the soul comes out (from the body") (about an unshakable person);
3. The soul as an indicator of the emotional state of a person: jan-janyn ashargya – "do not fi nd a place for yourself (from anger), etc.;