Structural types of noun adaptation in Kyrgyz-Russian code-switching.

This article examines Kyrgyz-Russian code-switching, which is a natural and regular process in situations of language contact. The object of the study is the cases of code-switching in the comments of bilingual Kyrgyz speakers about the series. The subject of the research is the structural types of adaptation of Russian nouns during Kyrgyz-Russian code-switching. Within this study, the concept of code-switching is considered in a broad sense, encompassing insertions that need to be distinguished from borrowings. The article also touches upon concepts related to code-switching: code-mixing and interference, and highlights different approaches to studying code-switching: sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic, and linguistic. To identify the structural features of Russian language insertions within the Kyrgyz morphosyntactic framework, a linguistic approach to studying Kyrgyz-Russian code-switching was applied. The method of structural analysis was used. In the analysis of insertions, K. Myers-Scotton's approach was employed, which classifies insertions into proper insertions, bare forms, pidginized insertions, and islands of the guest language. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the analysis of the degree of adaptation of insertions expressed by Russian nouns in the Kyrgyz morphosyntactic framework. During the material analysis, it was found that nouns are the most amenable to grammatical adaptation since this part of speech has corresponding grammatical categories (case and number) in both languages, allowing for the seamless integration of Russian insertions into the receiving Kyrgyz language. Based on the research material, it was established that insertions represented by nouns can undergo limited, incomplete, and full adaptation in the matrix Kyrgyz language. It was also found that the introduction of types of insertions: bare forms, pidginized insertions, and insertions in the morphosyntactic framework—are formal strategies for incorporating a code-switching unit into the matrix language. These strategies are related to the mechanisms for adapting the code-switching unit to the structure of the matrix language.