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Lyubov K. Khertek

Lyubov K. Khertek
Location:
Russia, Republic of Tyva, Kyzyl
Email:
hertekl@mail.ru
Organization
Tuvan Institute of Humanities and Applied Social and Economic Research
Abbreviated: TIGPI
Russia, Republic of Tyva, Kyzyl
ROR: Tuvan Institute of Humanities and Applied Social and Economic Research
https://ror.org/00naa4681 Government https://tigpi.ru
Department: Researcher of the Dictionary Sector
Author details are current as of August 11, 2026
Tuvan Institute of Humanitarian and Applied Social and Economic Research under the Government of the Republic of Tuva, Researcher of the Dictionary Sector
Author details are current as of August 11, 2026

Publications by the Author

1 publications
FOREIGN LANGUAGE NAMES OF MEASURES IN TUVAN HEROIC TALES
Issue: №3(11), 2024 Section: Philology Pages: 45-76 Views: 7 PDF downloads: 1

FOREIGN LANGUAGE NAMES OF MEASURES IN TUVAN HEROIC TALES

The article is devoted to the analysis of foreign-language names of measures in the corpus of 64 published Tuvan heroic tales. The composition of 17 lexical units with orthographic and phonetic variants, as well as with derivatives recorded in the texts, is determined. It was revealed that 6 units are obsolete, 8 are found only in the language of folklore, 3 are not recorded in the lexicographic sources of the Tuvan language and in works on Tuvan lexicology. A significant part of the analyzed lexical units is unknown to modern native speakers. In most cases, the source language and the intermediary language from the Chinese and East Tocharian languages is Mongolian, 4 units are borrowed from the Russian language. The names of measures are divided into five semantic groups: measures of length and distance; measures of fabric; measures of volume; measures of weight and cost; measures of time. It is concluded that foreign language vocabulary in the language of Tuvan folklore requires further study and description by means and methods of linguafolklore studies and linguacultural studies.

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