The Preface of the "Dictionary of the Yakut language" by E. K. Pekarsky as an Autographic Paratext

This article is devoted to the problem of studying the genre of the preface as a paratext. The relevance of the study is due to the fact that the paratext, related to the text periphery or near-text components, has a communicative and pragmatic potential and can be an important source for obtaining national and cultural information. The aim of the study is to consider the preface of the "Dictionary of the Yakut language" by E.K. Pekarsky (1907) as a paratext, identify its informative function and reveal its communicative and pragmatic potential. The study of the preface genre in the context of publishing discourse makes it possible to identify the preface by E.K. Pekarsky as one of the forms of written communication, where the author undoubtedly enters into a dialogue with the reader. As a result of the study, the informative function of the preface by E.K. Pekarsky as an autographic paratext is revealed, which is confirmed by factual information indicating the process of working on the dictionary of the Yakut language. Support of the local population, who shared their knowledge and became co-authors-native speakers of the Yakut language; support for local government, officials and heads of uluses who understand the importance of learning the Yakut language; support for church ministers and clergy, who were among the first to turn to the Yakut language and had accumulated experience; support for political exiles, and mainly members of the Siberian expedition, who helped expand the material of the dictionary; support for scientific researchers, starting with D. A. Klements, V. V. Radlov and others; financial support of I. M. Sibiryakov, made it possible to publish the first issue and thus gave a further opportunity to publish the entire “Dictionary of the Yakut language” by E. K Pekarsky. In addition, the communicative potential of the written text is realized in the author's preface by E.K. respect."

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