FEATURES OF FUNCTIONING OF THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE IN A MULTILINGUAL REGION

Abstract

The article discusses the specifics of functioning of the Russian language in such a multicultural region as multilingual Dagestan. The Russian language acts as an interethnic language of communication in the republic and reveals features that have arisen under the influence of both linguistic and extralinguistic factors. The paper presents an analysis of language units that have a regional color and make up the originality of the Dagestan ethnolect of the Russian speech. As the analysis of the factual material showed, the “local” features of the Russian speech, which distinguish it from the Russian speech of residents of other regions, are most clearly manifested at the lexical level of vocabulary. The article concludes that the Russian language, acting in Dagestan as an international language of communication, reveals many features that have arisen under the influence of extralinguistic factors, which include the history of the region, culture, folk customs and traditions. The Dagestani specificity of Russian speech, which distinguishes it from the Russian speech of residents of other regions, is most clearly manifested at the lexical level.