Dialect features of the Torgut Kalmyk language (based on the material of N.M. Mandzhiev's prose and field recordings)

This article presents an analysis of the dialect features of the Torgut dialect of the Kalmyk language based on the material of the prose of the Kalmyk writer N.M. Mandzhiev and expedition records collected during the implementation of the RNF research project "Electronic Dialectological Atlas of the Mongolian languages of Russia: basic vocabulary". N.M. Manjiev was one of the founders of Kalmyk literature and made a significant contribution to the development of the literature of the Kalmyk people. He belonged to the representatives of the Torgut ethnic group. In this regard, the dialect features characteristic of the Torgut dialect are preserved in its early editions. In parallel, the material recorded during the expedition to the Republic of Kalmykia according to the 100-word list of Svodesh was used. The subject of this study is the phonetic, grammatical and lexical features of the Torgut dialect. The object of the study is the Torgut dialect, characterized by its proximity to the historical basis. The work uses such methods of linguistic analysis as descriptive, lexical-semantic, comparative-typological and distributive. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the fact that the dialectological material presented in the works of N.M. Mandzhiev and field recordings has not yet been practically studied. The research material was the examples selected by the method of continuous sampling from the works of N.M. Mandzhiev. For comparison, field material was used, which was collected during an expedition to the Republic of Kalmykia. The material made it possible to identify features related to the pronunciation of words, the influence of historical vowels on the modern language, the use of case affixes other than the literary language, as well as the semantics of lexemes having a narrow-local existence.