Description du projet
L’influence turco-mongole sur le kirghiz
La langue officielle du Kirghizstan, le kirghiz, est unique. Elle possède des transferts de vocabulaire simples représentés par des emprunts lexicaux (comme dans les autres langues turques) et porte aussi en elle des influences d’un substrat mongol. L’influence d’un substrat, généralement définie par le terme «interférence», se manifeste aux niveaux phonologique, morphologique et syntaxique du kirghiz, ainsi que dans les emprunts régionaux, ce qui est rarement le cas pour les autres langues turques. Dans ce contexte, le projet TMCKyrgyz, financé par l’UE, se penchera sur l’influence des langues mongoles sur la formation du kirghiz. Les recherches tiendront compte des contacts linguistiques séculaires et intenses entre les tribus turcophones et mongolophones qui, avec le temps, ont formé la base de l’ethnicité kirghize.
Objectif
Kyrgyz is a bridge language in terms of historical-comparative linguistics, the geographical territory of which is located between different groups of Turkic languages on the one side, and Turkic and Mongolian languages on the other. From the perspective of Turkic-Mongolian linguistic contacts, the Kyrgyz language is unique in that it has not only simple vocabulary transfers represented by lexical borrowings which in varying degrees can be seen in other Turkic languages, but it also shows influences from a Mongolian substrate. This substrate influence, usually defined with the terms “interference” or “imposition”, reveals itself not only in the phonological, morphological and syntactic levels of Kyrgyz but also in regional borrowings, something that is rarely the case in other Turkic languages.
The question of the influence of Turkic-Mongolian language contacts on the formation of these two language groups has already been discussed in relevant linguistic and historical studies. However, the subject of borrowings and/or Mongolian-based contact-induced change in Kyrgyz has never been studied in detail, even though the existence of large-scale Mongolian influence on Kyrgyz vocabulary has sometimes been commented upon in certain studies.
The project aims to determine the degree and depth of influence of the Mongolian languages on the formation of Kyrgyz owing to the age-long, intense linguistic contact among the Turkic- and Mongolian-speaking tribes that eventually formed the basis of Kyrgyz ethnicity. The project seeks to expand our knowledge about the nature, scope, and mechanisms of linguistic contacts in general and of Turkic and Mongolian languages in particular. These aims will be achieved by studying not only borrowings but also those features in Kyrgyz that appeared through the influence of the Mongolian substrate. The research will be mainly based on the comparative-historical, comparative-typological and etymological methods of linguistic analysis.
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)Coordinateur
55122 Mainz
Allemagne