Linguistic Heritage of A. G. Bessonov as a Dialect Monument of Early 20th Century Bashkir

Goals. The article seeks to sum up Bashkir dialect features traced in early 20th century written monuments authored by the Russian scholar and missionary A. G. Bessonov. Results. Part One of the article discusses the main results of previous detailed analyses into linguistic data contained in the Al...

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Main Authors: Zarema N. Ekba, Ramilya N. Karimova
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Language:English
Published: Российской академии наук, Калмыцкий научный центр 2021-12-01
Series:Oriental Studies
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Online Access:https://kigiran.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/3351
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description Goals. The article seeks to sum up Bashkir dialect features traced in early 20th century written monuments authored by the Russian scholar and missionary A. G. Bessonov. Results. Part One of the article discusses the main results of previous detailed analyses into linguistic data contained in the Alphabet Book for Bashkirs (Russ. Bukvar' dlya Bashkir, 1907). Phonetic, morphological, and morphonological elements cited indicate the use of two dialects comparable to the Argayash and Kyzyl subdialects of contemporary Eastern Bashkir. Besides, the edition under consideration contains a unique morphonological type of affixes characteristic of the Qatai subdialect. Part Two provides a first detailed linguistic analysis of language features inherent to Bessonov’s First Reader and First Lessons of Russian for Southeastern Bashkirs (1907). Phonetic, morphological, morphonological, and lexical patterns are compared to contemporary dialect forms examined in works on Bashkir dialectology, as well as to standard Bashkir. This scrupulous analysis at all linguistic levels shows the language of the monument largely approaches the Argayash subdialect, while some peculiar features of other Eastern Bashkir subdialects are also noticeable. Conclusions. The paper makes certain conclusions as to dialect affiliation of language patterns involved in the compilation of monuments under study. Special attention is paid to the significance of Bessonov’s works for the history of Bashkir linguistics and dialectology, as well as to his role in teaching literacy to Bashkirs.
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spelling doaj.art-d2c2403608914bd5a7c91809299a8ae92022-12-22T03:56:47ZengРоссийской академии наук, Калмыцкий научный центрOriental Studies2619-09902619-10082021-12-0114510761088http://doi.org/10.22162/2619-0990-2021-57-5-1076-1088Linguistic Heritage of A. G. Bessonov as a Dialect Monument of Early 20th Century BashkirZarema N. Ekba0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7300-1392Ramilya N. Karimova1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5645-6731Institute of Linguistics of the RASInstitute of History, Language and Literature of the Ufa Federal Research Centre of the RASGoals. The article seeks to sum up Bashkir dialect features traced in early 20th century written monuments authored by the Russian scholar and missionary A. G. Bessonov. Results. Part One of the article discusses the main results of previous detailed analyses into linguistic data contained in the Alphabet Book for Bashkirs (Russ. Bukvar' dlya Bashkir, 1907). Phonetic, morphological, and morphonological elements cited indicate the use of two dialects comparable to the Argayash and Kyzyl subdialects of contemporary Eastern Bashkir. Besides, the edition under consideration contains a unique morphonological type of affixes characteristic of the Qatai subdialect. Part Two provides a first detailed linguistic analysis of language features inherent to Bessonov’s First Reader and First Lessons of Russian for Southeastern Bashkirs (1907). Phonetic, morphological, morphonological, and lexical patterns are compared to contemporary dialect forms examined in works on Bashkir dialectology, as well as to standard Bashkir. This scrupulous analysis at all linguistic levels shows the language of the monument largely approaches the Argayash subdialect, while some peculiar features of other Eastern Bashkir subdialects are also noticeable. Conclusions. The paper makes certain conclusions as to dialect affiliation of language patterns involved in the compilation of monuments under study. Special attention is paid to the significance of Bessonov’s works for the history of Bashkir linguistics and dialectology, as well as to his role in teaching literacy to Bashkirs.https://kigiran.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/3351bashkir dialectsbashkir literary languageeastern dialect of the bashkir languagea. g. bessonovwritten monumentsprimer for the bashkirsreaderliteracy work
spellingShingle Zarema N. Ekba
Ramilya N. Karimova
Linguistic Heritage of A. G. Bessonov as a Dialect Monument of Early 20th Century Bashkir
Oriental Studies
bashkir dialects
bashkir literary language
eastern dialect of the bashkir language
a. g. bessonov
written monuments
primer for the bashkirs
reader
literacy work
title Linguistic Heritage of A. G. Bessonov as a Dialect Monument of Early 20th Century Bashkir
title_full Linguistic Heritage of A. G. Bessonov as a Dialect Monument of Early 20th Century Bashkir
title_fullStr Linguistic Heritage of A. G. Bessonov as a Dialect Monument of Early 20th Century Bashkir
title_full_unstemmed Linguistic Heritage of A. G. Bessonov as a Dialect Monument of Early 20th Century Bashkir
title_short Linguistic Heritage of A. G. Bessonov as a Dialect Monument of Early 20th Century Bashkir
title_sort linguistic heritage of a g bessonov as a dialect monument of early 20th century bashkir
topic bashkir dialects
bashkir literary language
eastern dialect of the bashkir language
a. g. bessonov
written monuments
primer for the bashkirs
reader
literacy work
url https://kigiran.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/3351
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