Kalmyk Word in Russian-Language Mass Media of the Republic of Kalmykia
https://doi.org/10.22162/2500-1523-2025-2-341-359
Abstract
Introduction. The article is devoted to the national words used in the Russian-language mass media of the Republic of Kalmykia to convey the ethno-cultural component of the publicistic material. The aim of the article is to describe functioning of Kalmyk words in the Russian-language mass media of the Republic of Kalmykia. The material was contexts containing Kalmyk words, extracted by the method of continuous sampling from the publicistic texts posted on the website of RIA "Kalmykia" (riakalm. ru). The methods of lexico-semantic, component, comparative, and distributional analysis were applied in the work. Results. The analysis showed that in the Russian-language mass media of the Republic of Kalmykia, Kalmyk nouns are actively used, naming a place, event, person, organization, objects; common names denoting specific concepts and realities of the Kalmyk culture; adverbs (hamdan, uralan) and adjective (tsagan), which are included in composite nominations. Background and non-equivalent vocabulary from the Kalmyk language, as well as linguistic means with an emotionally colored connotation associated with Kalmyk culture, form the national cultural component of the publication. Conclusions. National units, most of which relate to nouns, do not violate the graphical, grammatical, and lexico-semantic unity of the Russian-language text. Kalmyk linguistic means perform informational, popularizing, stylistic, emotional and expressive functions in the texts of journalism. In the conditions of narrowing the sphere of application of the Kalmyk language, national words contribute to the formation of national identity and are markers of the cultural code.
About the Authors
Galina B. Esenova
Gorodovikov Kalmyk State University (11, Pushkin St., 358000 Elista, Russian Federation)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Cand. Sc. (Philology), Leading Specialist
Tamara S. Esenova
Gorodovikov Kalmyk State University (11, Pushkin St., 358000 Elista, Russian Federation)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Dr. Sc. (Philology), Professor
Tamara V. Mandzhieva
Moscow Financial-Industrial University «Synergy» (80 B, Bldg. 4, Leningradsky Ave., 125315 Moscow, Russian Federation)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Cand. Sc. (Economics), Associate Professor
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Esenova G., Esenova T., Mandzhieva T. Kalmyk Word in Russian-Language Mass Media of the Republic of Kalmykia. Mongolian Studies. 2025;17(2):341-359. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22162/2500-1523-2025-2-341-359
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