Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the interaction of two idioms: dialect language and literary standard. The typology of the interaction of dialects ↔ literary language is clarified on the example of one dialect – the West Polissian dialect; the factors that determine this interaction within one dialect micro-area are parameterized; the main mechanisms of such interaction are outlined. It is emphasized that the nature of contacts dialect ↔ literary language is two-sided. The first part of the study analyzes the influence of northern dialects on the formation of the literary standard in the diachronic aspect. The West Polissian dialect is characterized in view of its differentiation and peculiarities of functioning; the representation of dialectal elements and phenomena in texts of artistic style and common dictionaries in synchrony is studied and generalized. Several tendencies have been identified: the use of dialectal words in texts, which are not present in common dictionaries; partial semantization of dialecticisms in lexicographical works against the background of their wider semantic scope in dialectal speech; wider functional and stylistic load of dialectal vocabulary in speech compared to dictionaries of literary language. The second part of the article examines how the literary language can influence dialects – the repertoire of their elements, the functionality of individual units, the field of functioning of the dialect as a whole. It is noted that this trend may have varying degrees of manifestation. One of the first stages of influence was the assimilation of new language units, which are layered on dialect elements; the second stage is the neutralizing of some language features, and under condition of its systematic nature, as a consequence, the configuration of the ranges of individual phenomena changes; third stage is a complete transformation of dialectal speech under the influence of literary standard; the fourth is the disappearance of the locus where the dialect resides. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of intralinguistic and extralinguistic factors that affect the interaction of dialect ↔ literary language.

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