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Abstract: The article discusses linguistic terms included in the Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian language by D. N. Ushakov (1935–1940). The analysis of definitions of terms in the context of specialized dictionaries of linguistic terminology of the first half of the 20th century (dictionaries by N. N. Durnovo, E. D. Polivanov, etc.) allows us to speak about the reflection in the Ushakov dictionary of the conceptual and terminological system of Moscow the formal (Fortunatov) school in linguistics. The change of the scientific paradigm in the Russian linguistics of the first third of the 20th century is reflected in the system of terms – the basic concepts of a certain direction in science. Thus, N. N. Durnovo’s dictionary represents the concepts of the Moscow formal school based on F. F. Fortunatov’s theory, and E. D. Polivanov’s dictionary represents the structural phonology of I. A. Baudouin de Courtenay, in addition, R. O. Shor’s project to create a Linguistic encyclopedia demonstrates the emergence of a new direction of Soviet linguistics – the “Marxist science of language”. The comparison of the list of terms contained in the Index to the Brief Introduction to the Science of Language by D. N. Ushakov (1925) and some basic terms included in the Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian language edited by D.N. Ushakov (1935-1940) shows a change in the list of terms, their meanings, the role of each term in scientific theory, which allows us to talk about transformation of the theoretical platform of the formal school of Russian linguistics.

About the author(s) :

Oxana A. Voloshina

MSU-BIT University (Shenzhen, China)

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1359-5987

Publication Timeline:

Date of receipt: 23.10.2023; date of publication: 30.12.2023

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