Language personality of Bauyrzhan Momyshuly as a phenomenon: national character and military-patriotic views

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the phenomenon of the language personality ofthe great Soviet officer, a participant of the Great Patriotic War Baurzhan Momyshuly. On thematerial of military prose and the autobiographical story “Our Family” the originality of theauthor’s idiolect B. Momyshuly as a significant historical figure is revealed. Particular attentionis given to the reconstruction of the national linguistic personality as well as the manifestation ofthe national character in the writer’s works. The authors give examples that illustrate the nationalcolor and identity of the nomadic people through memories of their native land, childhood, folkphilosophy of ancestors and associative images. Moreover, the article examines the patterns ofthe use of linguistic means and stylistic presentation in documentary sources: lectures, speeches,letters that reveal a soldier’s outlook on the psychology of the Great Patriotic War