• Original research article
  • June 20, 2015
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ON USING CAPITAL LETTERS IN THE MODERN YAKUT LANGUAGE

Abstract

The article is devoted to using the capital letters in the modern Yakut language, as this problem is not solved enough in the existing rules of spelling. In this context, the author analyzes the principles and criteria for the use of capital letters. This article considers the most common use of capital letters and their validity, and presents the variants for differentiation of proper names and common nouns in difficult cases.

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Author information

Nadezhda Matveevna Vasil'eva

Institute of Researches in Humanities and Problems of Smaller Peoples of the North of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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  • Published: June 20, 2015.

Keywords

  • якутская орфография
  • прописные буквы
  • строчные буквы
  • синтаксический принцип
  • семантический принцип
  • Yakut spelling
  • capital letters
  • small letters
  • syntactic principle
  • semantic principle

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