Verbal and non-verbal representation of moral and ethical concepts in G. F. Barakov’s poem “Azdzherity Kuytsikk”

This study aims to identify the themes and composition of verbal and non-verbal means, and their role in shaping moral and ethical concepts reflecting the mentality of the people in G. F. Barakov’s heroic poem “Azdzherity Kuytsikk”. The poem creates an image of an ethnic personality living in specific historical-cultural and everyday conditions, according to the moral and ethical principles valued by the Ossetians. The author utilizes the linguistic features of Ossetian folklore, which enriches the artistic and expressive qualities of this work and helps to understand the origin of a number of moral and ethical concepts. The scientific novelty is determined by the lack of study of the language of Ossetian literary texts reflecting the system of the national literary language, the art of Ossetian speech, which have not been investigated as means containing the spiritual, moral-ethical, and ethical representations of the people. As a result, it was established that moral and ethical concepts are represented in the poem by multifunctional verbal and non-linguistic means, which reflect the thinking, worldview of the people in a known historical period, and affirm certain norms of behavior and moral values.