• Fish Skin Products as a Factor in Preserving the Ethnic Identity of the Hezhe People

  Research Article

  

  Ethnic Culture Volume 8 No 1

  Author:

  Yulei Ma

  Work direction:

  Ethnography, Ethnology and Anthropology

  Abstract:

  This article examines fish skin products in the context of traditional Hezhe culture, as well as the challenges of their modern production. The Hezhe are a people related to the Russian Nanai people, who inhabit the banks of the Amur River and its tributaries, the Ussuri and Sungari. Fishing and hunting are common elements of the traditional culture of both peoples. Currently, the unique fish skin processing technology used by the Hezhe is being actively reconstructed. Based on direct observation of the fish skin processing process, the author consistently reveals the processing and manufacturing technology for clothing from it. The material is accompanied by the author’s photographs. As a result of this research, the author concludes that, in the context of globalization and increased intercultural contacts, fish skin items are no longer serving utilitarian purposes and are becoming key symbols of national self-identity. Fish skin as a clothing material is currently popular among designers. In their hands, tanned fish skin can be combined with other materials, which proves the adaptability of the material, as well as its potential for use in the creative industry.

  Keywords:

  ethnic culture, Hezhe, Nanai, fish skin tanning technology, tangible cultural heritage

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• The Peculiarities of the Use of Verbs of Motion by Russian-Speaking Children

  Research Article

  

  Ethnic Culture Volume 8 No 1

  Authors:

  Irina N. Anisimova, Alena Y. Nikitina, Elena A. Ignateva

  Work direction:

  World languages and literature

  Abstract:

  The present study is devoted to the analysis of the functioning of Russian verbs of motion in child speech. The aim of the article is to describe the main features of the use of these lexemes, which are particularly significant in early childhood, and to analyze instances of deviation from the normative usage of this group of Russian verbs. Investigating the lexical means by which a child conceptualizes motion contributes to a deeper understanding of the semantics of grammatical categories in the Russian language and to elucidating the process of language acquisition in children. The empirical material of the study consists of spontaneous speech data from the author’s two children and their peers, as well as verbal lexicon drawn from child speech dictionaries and scholarly articles on child language by various authors. Written child speech was analyzed on the basis of retellings and essays produced by school-aged children. The article examines how children use verbs of motion and documents atypical, non-standard phenomena associated with their usage. New linguistic data not previously described in the literature are presented. The research methodology includes longitudinal observation, the method of continuous sampling, and comparative analysis of linguistic facts. The article proposes a classification of the most common types of children’s occasional uses of verbs of motion, including the elimination of consonant alternations in stems, incorrect selection between unidirectional and multidirectional verbs, the use of colloquial and substandard forms, creative interpretation and reinterpretation of figurative meanings in polysemous verbs of motion, grammatical errors in verb government, and written errors in the selection of aspectual pairs. The causes of erroneous usage of the analyzed verbal lexicon are identified, and parallels are drawn with phenomena observed in adult colloquial speech within the framework of linguistic creativity. Playful strategies in the use of verbs of motion by Russian-speaking children are identified and interpreted.

  Keywords:

  Russian language, verbs of motion, verbal creativity, early childhood, speech ontogenesis

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