THE STUDY OF RUSSIAN LEXICAL BORROWINGS IN THE TUVAN LANGUAGE OF DIFFERENT REGIONS BASED ON THE THEORY OF “COVARIATION”

Abstract

Language, as a tool of human communication, is constantly changing in the process of its development, and one of the factors influencing the language is the interaction of people speaking different languages, the presence of direct or indirect contact between different languages. This article examines the relationship between Russian borrowings and social changes in the Tuvan language of the Russian Republic of Tuva, the Kobdo region in Mongolia and the Altai region of China from the point of view of sociolinguistics. Lexical borrowings from the Russian language in Tuvan languages of different regions and in different time periods are analyzed to demonstrate the existence of a link between language and social changes. Conclusions are drawn that Russian borrowings in different regions of the Tuvan language occurred under the influence of social changes, confirming the sociolinguistic point of view about “covariance”.