Reduplication and / or Paired Words in Mongolian Languages: Discussion on the Status Issue (a Brief Overview)

The purpose of the study is a theoretical and analytical review of scientific works on Mongolian languages, which directly or indirectly consider reduplication. Special attention is paid in the context of the discussion whether to consider reduplicated forms as paired words in the study of the reduplication in Mongolian linguistics. During the review, the following tasks are being solved: to study the works of linguists researching the Mongolian languages devo­ted to reduplication and paired words, and to present their main points; when generalizing and systematizing knowledge about reduplication, to identify and describe some of the characteristic features of their consideration together with paired words. Materials. The research is based on the study of a corpus of linguistic works on vocabulary, word formation, paired words and reduplication in Mongolian languages written by domestic and foreign Mongolian scholars. In accordance with the purpose, the following research methods were being used: descriptive and comparative methods, methods of analysis, synthesis and generalization. The primary analysis of the material helped to structure and make the information clearer and more understandable for assimilation. The methods of the analysis and synthesis were being used to note the main theses of the publications under study, determine their general scientific direction and further unification within the framework of similar ideas using the generalization method. Results. The work summarizes information about Mongolian reduplication and presents the main motives for determining reduplications in the context of presenting related/similar relevant pheno­mena. The material of the article demonstrates contradictory views on the development of scientific knowledge about repetition (doubling, reduplication) in Mongolian languages: repetition refers to paired words or is a way of forming paired words, or is an independent linguistic phenomenon different from paired words. Formal and structural similarity of doubled forms and paired words contributed not only to their joint consideration, but also led to disputes and confusion in determining the status of a particular word. To differentiate them, researchers propose a functional-semantic approach and conclude that repetition is cha­racterized by the expression of grammatical meaning, and the peculiarity of paired words is the expression of the lexical meaning of the word. Reduplication as a repetition of the same word (or base) is one of the most common models for reflecting quantitative characteristics and enhancing meanings. The results of the review and analysis of scientific works are a necessary basis for a comprehensive description of the linguistic phenomenon under consideration in Mongolian languages.

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