Аpplication of discursive analysis to the act sources of the Golden Horde and subsequent medieval States of the XIV-XVI centuries

Abstract

The use of research procedures for linguistic analysis is being updated in connection with the introduction of a huge complex of autochthonous and authentic written sources into scientific circulation. It is impossible to extract the necessary historical information from them without using new research methods. The article considers the application of interdisciplinary research methods in the study of written sources of nomadic civilization. In particular, the discourse analysis is applied to a complex of medieval written sources called «labels» in modern historiology. This approach will allow to study in detail the components of abstract forms, speech phrases and terms used in the text. As a result of comparing the text of labels and speech concepts, General and specific text fragments will be highlighted. The analyzed discourse is necessary to identify the socio-cultural, material, and communicative features of nomadic society. The interpenetration of methods of such related sciences as paleography, diplomacy, sphragistics, and archeography into historical science reflects stable interdisciplinary connections. Interdisciplinary cooperation as a practice of interaction between
related social sciences and humanities is becoming more popular than ever. This is explained not only by the integrative potential of the research field, but also by the quantitative and qualitative increase in methods of working with historical sources. In this article, the discursive analysis, which is widely used in linguistic research, is applied to the study of act sources and the sequential reconstruction of their abstract form. At the same time, a thorough source analysis will allow us to extract a number of valuable information about the social structure and land relations of the studied period from medieval sources belonging to the Golden Horde  and post-Golden Horde States.