Features of Chechen versification (on the material of oral poetic creativity)

The article studies the system of Chechen versification. The history of the issue and the opinions of various scholars are considered in detail: H. Oshaev, Z.K. Malsagov, Z. Dzhamalkhanov, Ya. Vagapov, Sh. Arsanukayeva and Kh. Turkayeva. The authors of the article draw on folklore and authorial material for a comprehensive analysis. The issue of the discrepancy between the syllabo-tonic system of versification and the structure and specifics of the phonetics and grammar of the Chechen language is raised. According to the authors, the main obstacles to the integration of Chechen poetry into this system are such features of the Chechen language as fixed stress, the ratio of long and short syllables, a more stable word order in a sentence compared to the Russian language, etc. The features of the foot, dactylic and trochaic forms of Chechen verse are considered. The authors emphasize the controversial nature of the issue of the syllabo-tonic system in Chechen poetry, and provide arguments in favor of the syllabic principle of the structure of a poetic work in Chechen poetry, which more organically correlates with the phonetic and morphological-syntactic characteristics of the Chechen language.

Chechen versification, Chechen folklore, language system, foot, rhyme, syllable, syllabo-tonic versification, syllabic versification