EXPERIENCE OF CREATING THE ONOMASTIC SUBCORPUS OF THE NATIONAL CORPUS OF THE KAZAKH LANGUAGE

Abstract

The onomastic subcorpus is relevant for a number of sciences, especially for linguistics, geography, and cognitive science. The basic basis for the development of the subcorpus was the defended dissertations and scientific monographs and works on Kazakh onomastics. The article provides an overview of the history of the development of Kazakh onomastics and discusses the role and significance of the creation of the onomastic subcorpus. The types of onoms included in the subcorpus and the characteristic features attributed to them are discussed. The article points out that the onomastic subcorpus includes linguistic information and metainformation of proper names. The onomastic subcorpus can be used both for scientific and practical purposes. First, the content and functions of proper names found in texts of different genres are revealed. On the other hand, this subcorpus as a comprehensive dictionary provides the user with comprehensive information about the geolocation of the toponymic object, place of birth, name, flora and fauna, etc. The main purpose of the onomastic subcorpus is to systematize a variety of scientific, cultural information that is contained in the onomastic name. Proper names are a social phenomenon, closely connected with the life of society, due to which its semantics is often dominated by ideological load. Each onym refers to a certain period and preserves its historical character. Therefore, it contains non-linguistic information, namely geographical, ethno-cultural, and historical information. The task of the onomastic corpus is to collect, systematize, and make this information publicly available in electronic form. The proper names included in the corpus are characterized in terms of word formation, grammatical regularities, as well as in terms of semantic, etymological, orthographic, etc.