Основные этапы становления и развития литературного карачаево-балкарского языка (к 100-летию образования Кабардино-Балкарской Республики)

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the formation and development of the literary Karachay-Balkar language history over the past hundred years. An overview of its study is given, current problems of functioning are outlined, and prospects for further improvement are determined. A multi-aspect analysis of the studied language is conducted, considering the main, crucial publica-tions for the period under review. The fundamental projects “Explanatory dictionary of the Kara-chay-Balkarian language” and “Modern Karachay-Balkarian language” stand out as special achievements of Karachay-Balkarian linguistics. A new periodization of the development of the literary Karachay-Balkar language and its evolution into the status of the state language is pro-posed. Attention is drawn to the tasks considered for philologists to determine, at the junction of humanitarian disciplines, the specific contribution of the classics of the Balkar and Karachay lit-eratures to strengthen the norms of the language being studied. Attention is paid to the develop-ment of issues related to writing, alphabet, spelling and terminology. For the further successful functioning of the native language, it is necessary to improve the very practice of creating com-plex studies, its method, and the unification of lexical norms. The expediency of developing scien-tific principles for the selection of linguistic phenomena is indicated, considering regional charac-teristics. The perspective possibilities of expansion of functions provided by the official status of “literary language” in two constituent entities of the Russian Federation are substantiated: the Ka-bardino-Balkarian and Karachay-Cherkess republics.