New Nakhichevan Dialect as an Element of the Armenian National Identity

Authors

  • Mariana BOTSINYAN Yerevan State University, European College in Armenia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24234/wisdom.v3i2.862

Keywords:

New Nakhichevan dialect, identity, semantics, foreignism, purism, Russophilia, bilingualism

Abstract

The formation of the Armenian Diaspora was specifically crucial for the Armenian people and the Armenian language. Armenians worldwide have expanded the range of the Armenian language, exerting great efforts to preserve the integrity of the language. Conditioned by this, one noticeable problem for the literary language has emerged; as much as foreignisms are dangerous for the language, purisms are equally dangerous.

The article is dedicated to one of the critical elements of self-determination of Armenians living in the region of New Nakhichevan; the current language status of the Armenian dialect, the scope of its use and the preservation of the national face through language.

In order to avoid the danger of assimilation, especially the representatives of the Western dialect group create Armenian morphemes and try to translate all the words indiscriminately, even internationally acceptable terms, which signals the fear living in the subconscious that the distortion of the language will lead to the distortion of the national identity.

Dialects also evince features in semantics. In the article, we have presented several words used in the dialect, which, compared to other Armenian dialects, coincide in terms of expression but differ in terms of content.

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Author Biography

Mariana BOTSINYAN, Yerevan State University, European College in Armenia

PhD student at the Department of History of the Armenian Language and General Linguistics at Yerevan State University, Editor-proofreader at YSU PR and Marketing department. Lecturer at the European College in Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia.

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Published

2022-08-15

How to Cite

BOTSINYAN, M. (2022). New Nakhichevan Dialect as an Element of the Armenian National Identity. WISDOM, 3(2), 6–11. https://doi.org/10.24234/wisdom.v3i2.862