N. V. Kazaeva National Research Ogarev Mordovia State University, Saransk, Russian Federation, [email protected]
М. A. Trostina National Research Ogarev Mordovia State University, Saransk, Russian Federation, [email protected]
ABSTRACT
Introduction: the article analyzes the street surnames of residents of Shoksha village of Tengushevsky district of the Republic of Mordovia in linguistic and folkloristic aspects, who are native speakers of the unique Shoksha dialect of the Erzya language.
Objective: to establish the facts of the national anthroponymicon and folklore phenomenon in the context of the local anthroponymic tradition.
Research materials: street names of residents of Shoksha village of Tengushevsky District of the Republic of Mordovia, recorded during field expeditions by students of the Philological Faculty of Mordovian State University in 2021–2022.
Results and novelty of the research: the article provides an overview of linguistic and folkloristic studies devoted to the study of nicknames as a type of anthroponyms and folklore phenomenon. The article concerns models and decrypts the basics of family and generic nicknames that exist in the oral repertoire of residents of the village of Shoksha, the specifics of their formation and functioning are presented. As a result of the analysis, seven structural and semantic models have been identified, among which family and generic nicknames formed from first and last names and street surnames reflecting the external or internal characteristics of a person, his behavior, and character traits are dominant. It is established that in the structural and word-formation plan, the street surnames of the inhabitants of the village of Shoksha are represented by simple one-component names, the basis of which are personal names (onyms), as well as appellatives of Mordovian and Russian origin with transparent semantics, reflecting the dialect features of the Mordovian-Shoksha dialect. Folklore texts of various genres, that include nickname motifs, are analyzed. The linguistic and social essence of anthroponymic nicknames, their connection with historical and cultural traditions in the nomination of the object of naming, existing in the mentality of the Shoksha Mordovian peoples, are shown. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the fact that for the first time in linguistic and folkloristic aspects, the local originality of street surnames of residents of Shoksha village of Tengushevsky District of the Republic of Mordovia is presented. Previously unpublished field materials are being introduced into scientific circulation.
Key words: anthroponym, street surname, type of nomination, structure, nickname folklore, oral folk prose, Shoksha Mordovian people
For citation: Kazaeva N. V., Trostina M. A. The local originality of the street surnames of the Shoksha Mordovian people: linguistic and folkloristic aspects // Vestnik ugrovedenia = Bulletin of Ugric Studies. 2024; 14 (3/58): 455–466.