Features of the Organization of the Core of the Functional-Semantic Field of Aspectuality in the Modern Ossetian Language in Comparison with Russian: Scientific and Methodological-Didactic Aspects of the Problem

Abstract

The presence in the modern Ossetian language of a functional-semantic field of aspectuality (hereinafter referred to as the FSF) with a polycentric core (grammatical category of type and grammatical category of polytemporal multiplicity) distinguishes it from closely related Iranian languages for which the grammatical expression of aspectual meanings is not relevant and noticeably brings it closer to the East Slavic, primarily with the Russian language, in which the expression of the specific meaning is mandatory for any verb. Meanwhile, the results of scientific research on this issue from the standpoint of comparative (Russian-Ossetian) and general aspectology achievements have not been practically introduced into the scientific use of modern Ossetian studies for the last decades, have not become the property of methodological and didactic manuals to help practical teachers, which, in our opinion, underlines the relevance of the research undertaken within the framework of this article. The genre of the article is somewhat unusual: it combines aspects of scientific coverage of the topic of the device of the core and periphery in the FSF of the aspectuality of the modern Ossetian language, the features of their interaction in comparison with the situation in the FSF of aspectuality in modern Russian, brief information about the landmark stages of the development of this problem, individual methodological recommendations and specific didactic proposals to help teachers-practitioners working with an Ossetian-speaking audience with both Russian and Ossetian language of instruction. The desire of the author of the article to “immerse” Ossetian scientists, practical teachers, philology students studying in the areas of dual qualification “Teacher of the native language. The teacher of the Russian language”, explains the bibliography of the question, which is greater than is customary in such publications, that in the situation of the lack of educational and methodological literature on this topic should be considered a plus rather than a flaw, as well as a detailed description of the conceptual (terminological) apparatus used in modern aspectology. All the fundamental differences in the organization of the core of aspectuality in the modern Ossetian language in comparison with Russian are highlighted on specific linguistic facts, as well as the most debatable aspects of the topic.