Specificity of Chinese Punctuation and its Place in Teaching Russian Punctuation to Foreign Students

Abstract

The article deals with the specifics and national-cultural identity of the functioning of punctuation marks in texts in Russian and Chinese languages. An overview and comparative analysis of the functioning of punctuation marks at the end of a sentence in texts of various stylistic trends described in the linguistic literature of China and Russia, were made. Due to the change of the leading paradigm in linguistics, a language speaking personality (in this case a foreign student creating texts in the Russian language) becomes the centre of research. Success in learning a foreign language (in this case Russian) is largely due to the knowledge and account of the features of the mother tongue. The selection of the tested material is determined by the fact that the mother tongue of students from the Asia-Pacific region (from China in particular) greatly influences their punctuation marks in texts. This determines the need to study the punctuation rules and regulations of the native (in this case Chinese) language. The description of punctuation marks made in students’ texts (on the example of punctuation mark function at the end of a sentence) in the foreign (Russian) language significantly complements and enriches the picture of punctuation functioning in the Russian language and the languages of the Asia-Pacific region. The article describes and analyzes the texts of various stylistic trends created by TPU students; it also contains conclusions concerning the specificity of punctuation marks functioning at the end of a sentence.