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Introduction
Introduction: Scientific Problem of Qualifying Kartvelian Idioms
within the Political Context
When has the Politicization of the Issue Start? 251
Formation of an ethnos (nation) is possible only by means of a
language (language system) due to the fact that we perceive the world –
see, hear, feel and, the most important, think only with the help of a
language. Kartvelian language system being creator of the Georgian nation,
incorporates literary language and numerous and diverse Kartvelian
dialects. It is impossible for a single ethnic-linguistic entity to possess
more than one mental linguistic system.
Kartvelian (/Georgian) language is created by the Georgian
people, and the people itself is a creation of the Georgian (i.e. Kartvelian)
language. It is suggested by the creation history of the Georgian
(/Kartvelian) literature, folklore, ethnography and culture. It is a fact
that the ethno-cultural history and the development of the language system
of Georgians (inhabitants of Georgia’s different regions) have never
separated: the history of the Georgian nation and its native language
("worldview") always had the same course of development. This is
proved on the one hand by the Kartvelian and foreign historical sources,
archaeological material and cultural monuments and, on the other, by
the apparent history of the Kartvelian literary languages – the dynamics
of its systemic and structural alterations that is clearly reflected in the
variants of the Kartvelian language system – the Kartvelian dialects.
The history of Georgia could be represented by the three major periods:
- From ancient times to 1801;
251 For geopolitical pre-history see: T. Putkaradze, Some Aspects of the Geopolitical
Strategy of Georgia (for the issue of politicization of Kartvelology), Causes of
Conflicts in Georgia and Prospects for Peace, a collection of articles published
in Georgian and English languages by Georgian Orthodox Church and Konrad-
Adenauer-Foundation, Tbilisi, 2009, pp. 221-234.
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