Dialect Features of Smolensk-Mogilev Borderline in the Light of Lexicography

The article examines the linguistic specificity of Smolensk-Mogilev borderline dialects on the basis of dialect words. The intersection area of languages and cultures, Russian and Belarusian ones, currently attracts researchers’ attention in different fields of knowledge, including dialectologists. The common nature and difference, which is reflected in the vocabulary and phraseology of the border area, make it possible to talk about the relationship of the two languages, Russian and Belarusian. The adjacent regions, where mainly the rural population dominates, attract attention primarily in their unique history reflected in the language. The dialect of the borderlands is preserved in the vocabulary and phraseology of multiple common and parallel linguistic phenomena. Naturally, it is necessary to lexicograph the unique material. The article presents an analysis of the «Dictionary of Mogilev-Smolensk Borderline Diale ich partially reflects the material from the «Dictionary of Smolensk Dialects» and the material of dialectological expeditions to the border areas of the Smolensk region. The article proposes prospects for the study of the Smolensk border areas, which will enrich the «Dictionary of Smolensk Dialects», being prepared for reprinting, as well as its card index.