Russian Language in Everyday Discourse of Mongols (Data from an Expert Survey)
https://doi.org/10.24224/2227-1295-2022-11-6-158-181
Abstract
The results of a study conducted in 2021 and devoted to the analysis of the current position of the Russian language in Mongolian society is presented in the article. The relevance of the study is due to the need to analyze the changes taking place in the minds of the Mongols regarding the Russian language, and to search for further prospects for its functioning in Mongolia. The impossibility of conducting a mass questionnaire survey due to the pandemic of a new coronavirus infection led to the choice of an expert survey as the main research method. The factors leading to the weakening of the Russian language positions, which include, first of all, the change in Mongolia’s foreign policy priorities, the search for new partners, the decrease in Russia’s influence, and the processes of globalization are considered in the article. It was revealed that, despite the narrowing of the spheres of functioning of the Russian in Mongolia, its socio-cultural potential in the Mongolian society has not been exhausted. The factors restraining the growth of negative trends are highlighted, namely the presence of the Russian in the educational sphere, the presence of specialists with Soviet and Russian education, a common historical memory based on friendship and trust. Analysis of the results of the study shows that the further development of cooperation between Russia and Mongolia in all spheres of public life, the strengthening of political union, economic cooperation and cultural interaction can allow the Russian language to become one of the leading foreign languages in modern Mongolian society.
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Supporting agencies: The reported study was funded by RFBR and MECSS, project number 20-512-44005, "Russian in the educational area of Mongolia: current state and prospects of development»
About the Authors
Ch. S. Tsybenova
The Institute for Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Chechek S. Tsybenova - WoS Researcher ID: АAB-2749-2021, PhD in Philology, Department of Linguistics.
Ulan-Ude
V. G. Zhalsanova
The Institute for Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Valentina G. Zhalsanova - WoS Researcher ID: AAR-4063-2020, PhD in Sociology, Associate Professor, Department of History, Ethnology and Sociology.
Ulan-Ude
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Tsybenova Ch.S., Zhalsanova V.G. Russian Language in Everyday Discourse of Mongols (Data from an Expert Survey). Nauchnyi dialog. 2022;11(6):158-181. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24224/2227-1295-2022-11-6-158-181
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