ON THE CAUSES OF ARCHAICATION

Abstract

When talking about archaisms in the Azerbaijani language, first of all, it is necessary to study the causes of archaism. If the causes of archaism are not determined, problems may arise in the classification of archaisms.

Archaicization, as is well known, is an issue related to the history of language. When investigating these reasons, one cannot pass without looking at the history of the language. The Azerbaijani language has undergone a complex process of development and is considered one of the oldest languages. A. Demirchizade writes: "When determining the periods of development of the literary language of Azerbaijan, it is necessary to take into account what its basis is, as well as the extent of its influence and function as the main criterion.

Different opinions are expressed in the scientific literature about the causes of archaism. One of the books on the lexicology of the modern Azerbaijani language mentions two reasons for the obsolescence of words. These two reasons are shown to be:

1. The name of an existing or imagined object and event is not expressed by the word it was expressed before, but by a more suitable and suitable word newly created or taken from another language.
2. A certain object and event that once existed in life or was imagined in connection with superstition is completely destroyed or loses its importance in modern times. In this case, the word expressing it also loses its content and finally leaves the language.