Archaic words in dialects of the Yakut language

Archaic words - archaisms and historicisms - make up a huge stratum in the Yakut language. Currently, issues related to the processes and mechanisms of archaization of vocabulary of the Yakut language are not well understood. The article attempts to analyze and systematize archaic words in dialects...

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Main Author: Skryabina, A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: TK Meganom LLC 2019
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Online Access:https://naukajournal.org/index.php/naukajournal/article/view/1939
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Summary:Archaic words - archaisms and historicisms - make up a huge stratum in the Yakut language. Currently, issues related to the processes and mechanisms of archaization of vocabulary of the Yakut language are not well understood. The article attempts to analyze and systematize archaic words in dialects of the Yakut language. The author of the paper also identified several lexical-semantic groups, which represented the archaic words in the Yakut language. Key words: archaisms, historicisms, Yakut language, dialect, dictionary