Choygan G. Ondar
Publications by the Author
2 publications
THE ACTUAL DIVISION OF SENTENCES WITH A NOMINAL PREDICATE IN THE TUVAN LANGUAGE
The communicative structure of a sentence in the Tuvan language remains an almost unexplored area of linguistics, despite its importance for understanding the functional and pragmatic features of the language. This article provides a systematic analysis of the actual division of sentences with a nominal predicate based on the material of literary texts and newspaper articles. Special attention is paid to the ways of expressing themes and rhymes, the order of words, as well as the role of particles in shaping the communicative perspective of an utterance. The conducted research makes it possible to identify the specifics of the functioning of the nominal predicate in various communicative contexts, which contributes not only to the study of Tuvan syntax, but also to the typology of Turkic languages. The results of the investigation can be used in further work on grammar, discursive analysis and teaching of the Tuvan language.
FEATURES OF TRIBAL GROUPS AND THE MODERN LINGUISTIC SITUATION IN KUNGURTUG, THE REPUBLIC OF TUVA
The article explores some results of a field sociolinguistic study conducted as part of a comprehensive expedition of the Tuvan Institute of Humanitarian and Applied Socio-Economic Research under the Government of the Republic of Tuva in Kungurtug, Tere-Khol district of the Republic of Tuva (August 2022). The authors have paid the main attention to tribal groups of residents and the current language situation in this local сommunity. The Tere-Khol dialect is one of the peculiar dialects of the Tuvan language. Its phonological system differs from the systems of other dialects by the absence of such an essential feature as the pharyngalization of vowels in the literary Tuvan language. A peculiar linguistic situation in this region is determined by isolated living from the rest of Tuva, presence of tribal groups traditionally living in that territory, and a special way of economic and household life, as well as common usage of the Mongolian language by the majority of the inhabitants of the territory.