Hemeronyms of the Yakut periodical press as onomastic realities (1930s, 1960s, 1990s)

Abstract

The topicality and significance of the research are substantiated by the fact that the hemeronyms of the Sakha language periodicals are characterised by stable changes. The novelty of the research consists of the first attempt in the Yakut press and journalism to comprehend and systematise the titles of regional newspapers and periodicals as independent units, considering the functional specificity of the titles in the communicative processes. Nevertheless, we suggest that titles have been overlooked due to their contradictory communicative status. In this article our purpose is to identify the specificity of the titles of Yakut newspapers and periodicals of the Stalinist System (1930-1959), the era of Stagnation (1960-1990) and the post-Soviet transformation (from 1991 to the present day). For this purpose, it is necessary to explain the following main tasks: to review the history of the Yakut periodical press from 1930 to the present period, to explain the relevance of the hemeronyms of Yakut periodicals to the socio-political, economic, sociocultural processes and to analyse the quantitative ratio of the hemeronyms. This research is based on the combination of historical-typological analysis with the main methods of onomastics as a branch of linguistics – structural, comparative and statistical. The use of key meanings and key words allows for a comparison of the evolution of periodical titles throughout history. Therefore, the title of the Sakha language periodical press evolved in the 1930s, 1960s, and 1990s. Basically, these years provided the hemeronyms of the periodical press in Yakutia specific onomastic realities. In these days, the regional periodicals have become available online due to the development of digital technologies, making it of great advantage for the inhabitants of the republic. In our opinion, the identification of specific features of regional periodicals is one of the bases on which the aspects of the research of media hemeronyms are based. Meanwhile, new challenges are bringing new approaches to the solution