The Riddle as a Representative of a Small Folklore Genre in Russian and English Languages

¹ Kadyrov Chechen State University, Sheripova Street, 32, 364024, Grozny, Russia
² Chechen State Pedagogical University, Grozny, Russia
³ Grozny State Oil Technical University, Grozny, Russia

^* Corresponding author: israilova.luiza.64@mail.ru

Abstract

The research is dedicated to the texts of riddles in diverse languages, in particular Russian and English, as representatives of the small folklore genre. The authors note that the main task of the riddle genre is to familiarize the bearer of folk culture with the folklore system. One of the features of modeling reality in the genre under study is the image of objects from their pragmatic features, as well as external characteristics.

One of the specific features of the riddle genre is a special choice of objects of reality belonging to the realities of the material world, and having external characteristics that perform important functions necessary for a person. Such requirements for the objects of reality are conditioned by the task of the genre itself, which are teaching the categorization of reality, highlighting important from the point of view of pragmatics objects and phenomena that contribute to the adaptation of the individual in society. The article analyzes riddles in Russian and English from the point of view of reflecting the linguistic picture of the world in them; reveals the meaningful and pragmatic features of riddles in multi-system languages; determines their genre-language organization. It is proved that the riddle is an element of the language game; the phenomenon of the language game in riddles in different languages is traced and enigmatic works with elements of wordplay in Russian and English are characterized).