THE STYLISTIC POTENTIONAL OF PUNCTUATION IN THE TEXTS OF TRADITIONAL RELIGION OF KHANTY AND MARI

Abstract

The article presents a typological analysis of the linguistic and stylistic potential of punctuation in the texts of the traditional religion of two ancient Finno-Ugric ethnic groups, namely the Khanty and Mari. The study considers those cases that will allow the transmission of information that has been present for millennia orally into graphical form. The transformation of texts of this kind into written form requires more detailed approach. This is due to the fact that there are important points that do not always allow us to capture them graphically, for example: the speed of performance, intonation, tempo, raising and lowering the voice, etc. Thus, punctuation marks in texts of this genre can be used not only based on generally accepted rules, but also serve to convey an oral text with special rules of representation. Such texts are reference or ideal, as they reflect the appeal of the ethnic group to the Gods and Deities. For this reason, they require additional transmission methods that go beyond alphabetic.