DIACHRONIC TRANSFORMATION OF CULTURAL CONCEPTS: FROM THE ELEVENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT

Abstract. This thesis examines the diachronic transformation of cultural concepts from the eleventh century to the present through textual and language-based evidence. The aim is to trace shifts in semantic core, peripheral meanings, and evaluative components. Methods include historical-semantic analysis, conceptual field modelling, and corpus-adjacent intertextual comparison. The novelty lies in proposing a mechanism-oriented map of change for key concepts such as adab, ilm, shahar, and mehnat across major historical stages.