Географические термины, обозначающие болото и его части, в лексике восточного диалекта татарского языка

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to determine the features of geographical terms associated with the notion of the swamp in the eastern dialect of the Tatar language. The paper provides examples of generic and specific terms from sub-dialects belonging to the eastern dialect of the Tatar language. A comparative analysis involving other dialects and sub-dialects of the Tatar language and other related and unrelated languages is given. Scientific novelty of the study lies in addressing the features of the category of geographical terms belonging to the Tatar dialect vocabulary that denotes the swamp and its parts. In the course of the study, 7 groups of dialect lexemes were identified, the semantic analysis of which showed their peculiarities - while there is a commonality of the main seme associated with any particular characteristic of the notion of the swamp, there are also dialect variants with different additional semes. As a result of studying the linguistic features, the researchers have provided rationale for the fact that the sub-dialects of the eastern dialect of the Tatar language are a peculiar element of the Tatar dialect system.