Errors in Linguistic Landscape of Ulan-Ude
https://doi.org/10.24224/2227-1295-2025-14-10-74-102
Abstract
This paper examines errors in Buryat and Russian texts within the linguistic landscape of Ulan-Ude, the capital of the Republic of Buryatia, and investigates the underlying causes for their occurrence. The research material comprises 94 public signs in the two languages, identified from a larger sample of over 3,000 signs. Through an errratological analysis applied to the study of linguistic landscape, the study demonstrates the presence of orthographic, graphic, morphological, syntactic, and lexical errors. The findings indicate that signs in the Buryat language contain errors across all these categories, whereas errors on Russian-language signs are exclusively lexical. The author discusses the factors contributing to the prevalence of errors in Buryat-language material, which include technical constraints, the relatively under-standardized status of the Buryat language in certain domains, and a lack of qualified translators. Errors in Russian-language texts are attributed to insufficient quality control in the production and installation of public signage. Overall, the analysis reveals and corroborates a disparity between the two official languages of the Republic of Buryatia, resulting in a significantly higher incidence of errors on Buryat-language signs compared to their Russian-language counterparts.
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Supporting agencies: The study is supported by Russian Science Foundation, project number 24-28-00590 “The linguistic landscapes of Ulan-Ude and Ulan-Baatar as a mirror of language policy and language attitudes”, https://rscf.ru/project/24-28-00590/
About the Author
V. I. Viacheslav
Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Viacheslav V. Ivanov, Junior research scientist, Scientific Center for the Preservation, Revival and Documentation of the Russian
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Viacheslav V.I. Errors in Linguistic Landscape of Ulan-Ude. Nauchnyi dialog. 2025;14(10):74-102. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24224/2227-1295-2025-14-10-74-102
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