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


Linguistics

Conceptualization of a Greek Orthodox Discourse LoanWord Lampade in Fiction (on the Works of I. S. Shmelyov)

The article is focused on the conceptualization of Greek loan-words from the Orthodox discourse in literature. On the material of a novel and a story by I. Shmelyov we have analyzed the layer structure of the concept lampade. It is possibble to distinguish objectivenotional, imagery-symbolic, and evaluative levels of the concept. Their distinctive features are related to the cultural and religious traditions, and are also predetermined by the genre characteristics of the author’s works.

Types of Irony in Fiction: Conceptual and Contextual Irony

The article analyses modern views on the correlation of stylistic and conceptual types of irony in the writers’ literary works, reveals the basic features and characteristics of conceptual irony, and also shows the correlation of the two types of irony with their different means of realization – linguistic and extra-linguistic.

Incompetence in Communication Types as a Risk Factor of Communicative Failures and Conflicts

The article discusses modern trends of language development, in particular the trend of principles of informal communication permeating traditionally formal spheres, thus creating pretexts for different communicative failures and conflicts. Therefore, the question of the person’s competence in choosing the type of communication acquires special importance.

Newfoundland English. On the Problem of Enclave Dialects Insularity

The article discusses some problems of variantology on the material of Newfoundland English (Canada): factors of enclave dialect formation, criteria of dialect community insularity, correlation of enclave dialects’ characteristic features of conservatism and dialect congruity.

Does Gender Influence the Use of Discursive Words? (On the Material of the Written Scientific Discourse)

In the article the results of the research of gender specific use of different kinds of discursive words in the written scientific discourse are given. Gender differences have been marked in all groups of discursive words except for the organisational and structural units.

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.

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.

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