Oyumaa M-O. Saaya
Publications by the Author
2 publications
SYNTAGMATIC RELATIONS IN THE LEXICO-SEMANTIC FIELD CENTERED AROUND THE WORD KARA ‘BLACK, DARK’ (based on Tuvan folk songs)
The article examines the syntagmatic relations of the lexeme kara (‘dear’) in examples selected from Tuvan folk song texts. The semantic characteristics of the Tuvan adjective kara (‘black’) in the meaning of ‘dear’ are explored within a socio-communicative context. The primary focus of the study is the combinatory potential of the lexeme kara (‘dear’) with other parts of speech. The analysis employs statistical and contextual methods. The source material consists of Tuvan folk songs published in various collections and scholarly works. The study identifies the most and least frequent words that co-occur with kara (‘dear’). The analysis reveals that the lexeme kara most frequently forms attributive phrases with adjectives, izafet constructions with substantives, and verbal combinations. Mediumfrequency collocations include those with motion verbs and pronouns, while the least frequent are combinations with the particle chok. The frequency of each individual collocation is also determined. Thus, the word kara (‘darkskinned/dark beauty > dear/beloved’) is actively used in Tuvan folk love lyric songs. The lexeme exhibits a distinct range of syntagmatic relations, the intensity of which is determined by the thematic content of the songs themselves.
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.