Mahmudkhodja Behbudi’s Research on Linguistics

DOI 10.52773/tsuull.uzlc.2020.2/IQCI7644

Abstract

One of the leaders of Turkestan Jadid movement Mahmudkhodja
Behbudi ran a wide range of activities. He was first to be engaged in
science among new Uzbek educated people despite his career in editorial,
publication and journalism. His school textbooks, scientific articles, in
particular, his views on linguistics were clear indication of his achievements
in this sphere of science. In his articles devoted to languages Behbudi paid
atten-tion to the pressing issues of modern linguistics and he put forward
his ideas worth considering in this field of science. In this article an analysis
of Behbudi’s works in this area shows that he conducted a number of
studies in dialectology, sociology, and cultural anthropology.