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The paper examines the features of the image of Judith in the play of the same name by the modern playwright Elena Isaeva, in which the author relies on the story described in the Book of Judith, which was a part of the Old Testament. Comparison with the original biblical myth allows us to conclude that it has been significantly transformed in the play. Isaeva does not limit herself to describing the clash of Assyrians and Jews, she muffles the bloody conflict.

The article focuses on the influence of gender on structural discourse markers in the English popular-science genre of TED talks. The research is based on 20 English lectures (10 male and 10 female ones). All the lectures highlight the problems of education and online learning. The overall study materials comprise about 50,000 words. The structural discourse markers include global and local ones. Local structural discourse markers are used to connect statements, express the relations of cause, effect, time, condition, exclusion, inclusion.