Izvestiya of Saratov University.
Philology. Journalism
ISSN 1817-7115 (Print)
ISSN 2541-898X (Online)

Linguistics

Structure and Semantics of Abbreviation

The theoretical aspects of word-formation are considered in the article. For the first time the
complex multiple-aspect investigation of abbreviation in the modern European languages has been carried out.

Types of Thought and Their Lexical Tools

This article is dedicated to the development of typology of consciousness on the basis of the linguistic data. Examines the features of synchronic and diachronic usage of words «law», «constitution», «legal system» in literary and philosophical discourse, and also introduces the experimental data, which allow to reveal the peculiarities of the reflection of corresponding fields of knowledge by ordinary consciousness.

Intensifying Adjectives in the Russian Language

The role of the category «intensity» in linguistics is analyzed in the article; semantic, derivative and word formation characteristics of intensifying adjectives in the Russian language are described.

Communication of Friends Within the Paradigm of Everyday Communication

The article deals with the research of friendly communications, which is compared to other varieties of everyday communication: communication of family members, relatives, acquaintances and strangers.

Adverbial Characteristic Means of Expression in Different Fields of Communication

The article examines some characteristics of typical and atypical means of expression of adverbial characteristic in modern fiction, press and colloquial speech.

The Conditions of Communication Increasing the Risk of Communicative Failure while Using Language Game

The article covers the problem of communicative failures, which arise when teachers and students of higher educational institutions use language game, and analyses the conditions of communication, which prevent the speaker from effectively fulfilling his/her communicative intention.

Adverbs as the Lingvistic Markers of the Text’s Precedent (based on the Storey «Nevsky Avenue» by N.V. Gogol and the poem «To ***» by A.S. Pushkin)

In the article comparative analysis of works is held, substantiated by the influence of A.S. Pushkin on the creative life of N.V. Gogol. While examining the purity motive, linguistic markers of the text precedent are investigated, including adverbs as aesthetic units that are relevant for the text integrity, as they are able to accumulate sense capacity and participate in the creation of the emotive field.

Intellectualization of Periphrases of Famous Persons in Modern Media Texts

The article analyzes intellectualized periphrases of famous persons in the modern Russian media texts. Their specific features are determined in the work.

Secondary Communicative Units in Political Discourse: the Problem of Translation (Based on the Russian and English Language Sources)

The article comprises the results of the research of different means of secondary communicative units translation; stable tendencies, manifested in the correspondences between the analyzed united in the original and translated political discourses, are revealed.

The Quebec’s Hydronyms as the Reflection of Historical and Cultural National Heritage

This article analyzes the hydronyms of Quebec. The author attempts to uncover the information (historic and cultural) which these placenames contain. The article covers the periods of time when the placenames were formed and the peculiarities of their origin.

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