Markers of Rootedness in the Speech of Residents of Settlements Along the Yenisei River

Abstract

The study of the current state of self-perception of the inhabitants of rural settlements of Yenisei Siberia should be based on the previous experience of studying the “colonization” (development) of Siberia in its various forms. The paper considers the parameters of «rootedness» (stability) as a semantic complex opposed to “mobility”. The material was the speech of Russian-speaking residents of settlements along the Yenisei River, as well as residents of settlements on the Taimyr Peninsula of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. The author observes that informants emphasize a stable state at the actual observed time. To indicate the “rootedness”, informants use lexemes with the semantics of being in place, origin from a worthy ancestor, economic or other necessity of previous relocations, toponyms indicating the development of the territory. The author comes to conclusions about the importance demonstrated to the collector for the informant as a functional manager of the locality of the status of permanent residence and full possession of his own territory of the settlement as a whole and its surroundings.