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

Linguistics

The Main and Auxiliary Units of Oral Communication

The article offers a classification of syntactic units based on their structure and functions in oral speech.

Family Roles and Speech. Husband and Wife

During one’s lifetime a person performs different social roles, the most significant of them being family roles: those of husband or wife, son or daughter, etc. The article gives the analysis of several examples of family communication, pointing out speech manifestations of the roles of husband and wife. 

Traditionalism of the Contemporary Russian Picture of the World in the Field of New Metaphorical Nominations

Elements of traditionalism in new metaphorical nominations in recent decades are considered in colloguial speech, jargon and youth speech, computer аnd military slang. 

The Potential of the Russian Language and Its Use in Contemporary Press

Based on newspaper materials, the article shows that with a certain level of communication and speech competence, a journalist can use аnd the various tools provided by the Russian language to reach any, even the most difficult, goal. 

Testing е Level of Speech Culture

With increasing differentiation in current students’ speech culture, we face a need to develop tests that would not only show the level of students’ knowledge of the Russian language norms, but classify the type of speech culture he/she belongs to. The article offers the theoretical basis and certain models for such tests. 

Dynamics of Linguistic Mentality of Modern Youth According to the Data of the Dictionary of Associations of Schoolchildren of Saratov and Saratov Region

The article treats the age changes in the psychological meaning of words as a natural phenomenon. Four types of such changes are distinguished. Both mass associative experiments and longitude study of associative fields of individuals give evidence of gradual convergence of the associative verbal net of schoolchildren with the associative verbal net of adult speakers. 

Computer-processed Textual Body of Russian Dialect Speech аnd the Principles of Its Marking

The article deals with the strategies of creating a unique computerprocessed textual body of Russian dialect speech. The author also considers the principles of marking dialect texts. 

Speech Communication in Family Circle: the Role of Animals, Plants and Material Objects

Speaking to animals within the family circle is important for man and makes an interesting linguistic phenomenon, as animals are here cast in human roles. The article analyzes the facts of speech addressed to animals, plants and material objects, characterizes this type of speech and describes its influence on family atmosphere.

To the Question of the Literary Concept Content‑Structure Feature Research in Linguocultural and Discursive Aspects

The article discusses general theory questions of modern linguistics related to the research of the literary concept phenomenon, its content-structure and functional feature. Special emphasis is placed on the question of the interrelation of the cultural and literary concepts in communicativediscursive aspect.

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