Co-Occurrence of the Adjectives Šürǖn and Xatū (a Case Study of the Kalmyk National Corpus and the Kalmyk Heroic Epic of Jangar)
https://doi.org/10.22162/2500-1523-2018-12-129-150
Abstract
The work clusters with studies that describe combinatorial properties of Kalmyk adjectives, the source materials being those of the Kalmyk National Corpus and the Kalmyk heroic epic of Jangar.
The article studies lexical co-occurrence of the adjectives šürǖn ‘harsh, rough’ and xatū ‘hard, firm’. The study reveals that the range of their lexical compatibility is quite wide. These adjectives co-occur with nouns of certain lexical-semantic groups, including ones denoting individuals, animals, natural phenomena, military actions, bladed weapons, and somatisms, etc. The words šürǖn and xatū are similar in that both the adjectives are basically used in figurative meanings to characterize external displays (look): šürǖn xӓlǟcᵉ ʻstern lookʼ, xatū xӓlǟcᵉ ʻfirm lookʼ. The most frequent combinations are those with nouns denoting ‘speech’, ‘voice’, ‘word’.
When it comes to investigate co-occurrence of Kalmyk adjectives, it is necessary to take into account some national specifics: certain difficulties may arise during translation, since co-occurrence patterns for Kalmyk and Russian adjectives differ, and therefore it is difficult enough to choose equivalent words. A detailed study of the co-occurrence of adjectives allows a deeper identification of their semantics, extends their meanings.
About the Author
N. Mulaeva
Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS (8, Ilishkin Str., Elista, 358000, Russian Federation)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ph.D. in Philology (Cand. of Philological Sc.), Research Associate, Department of Mongolian Philology
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Mulaeva N. Co-Occurrence of the Adjectives Šürǖn and Xatū (a Case Study of the Kalmyk National Corpus and the Kalmyk Heroic Epic of Jangar). Mongolian Studies. 2018;10(1):129-150. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22162/2500-1523-2018-12-129-150
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