러시아표준어의 통시적 · 공시적 역동성: 언어의 민주화 (II)

Diachronic/Synchronic Dynamism of Russian Literary Language: Democratization of Language: Simple Words with the Suffix -ka

This paper, which focuses on the democratization of Russian literary language with the material of simple words with the suffix –ka, is a subsequent research paper studying the history of graphics and orthography of the Russian literary language in terms of its democratization. Simple words with the suffix –ka, which have acquired colloquiality stylistically since the mid-19th century and have been introduced in large numbers from the late 20th century to the early 21st century, have played a significant role in the colloquialization of the literary language. The peripheral and uncodified language elements used in familial and informal situations flowed into the literary language in enormous volume, the social base of the literary language expanded, and the horizontal relationship between initiators and recipients established in communication became stronger. If the democracy of literary language is defined as the ideal situation of communication, optimized linguistic means are very important for the ideal situation of communication. Simple words with the suffix -kа are the most optimized linguistic means from the point of view of the principle of economy of language, flexibility of vocabulary meaning, openness to speakers and easy accessibility of speakers. Therefore, simple words with the suffix -kа can be evaluated as a word formation that improved the democracy of the Russian literary language.