A NEW LIFE OF THE UNIQUE MANUSCRIPT (O. A. SERGEEV. VASILIY KREKNIN, IOANN PLATUNOV “KRATKOY CHEREMISKOY SLOVAR’ S ROSSIYSKIM PEREVODOM”: LINGVISTICHESKIY ANALIZ (S PRILOZHENIEM SLOVARYA) [VASILIY KREKNIN, IOANN PLATUNOV “A BRIEF CHEREMIS DICTIONARY WITH RUSSIAN TRANSLATION”: A LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS (SUPPLIED WITH A DICTIONARY)] YOSHKAR-OLA, 2020. 348 PAGES)

Abstract

This publication is a review of a new book by O. A. Sergeev, which presents a historical, linguistic and paleographic analysis of the handwritten Mari-Russian dictionary of the second half of the 18th century by V. Kreknin and I. Platunov. This is the second scientific reference edition of the author related to the series “From the history of Russian lexicography”. It introduces the reader to the history of the creation, dialect and lexical features of a unique bicentenary lexicographic work. As an appendix, the monograph contains a “Brief Cheremis Dictionary with a Russian translation” with the use of modern Mari language data. Thus, materials on the Mari language of the end of the 18th century will become available to a wide range of readers. The publication of handwritten works becomes relevant due to the increased interest of researchers in the study of the history of the language, the problems of the emergence and development of writing, and the literary language in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The development of these tasks requires a broad involvement of handwritten and published works in the scientific circulation, which for many languages, including Mari, are one of the most important sources that recreate a more or less complete picture of the language development (graphics, spelling, punctuation, vocabulary) at a certain stage. The book by O. A. Sergeev is a valuable research that is of great interest, first of all, for students of philology and graduate students as a textbook for studying the course of the history of the Mari literary language and / or linguistics. It can be used by researcherstheorists in the field of Finno-Ugric linguistics, as well as by all those interested in the material and spiritual culture of the Mari people.