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

Linguistics

DERIVATIVE OPPORTUNITIES OF THE WORD-FORMING METAPHOR

The essence of the concept "word-forming metaphor" is disclosed in the article, the semantic potential of derivatives with metaphorical motivation is explored, the causes of derivational activity or inactivity of word-forming metaphors are revealed.

THEORETICAL ISSUES OF STUDYING COMPLEX VOICE EVENTS ON THE TEXT MATERIAL: Cognitive Aspect

Complex speech events are a special form of communicative interaction, have a complex structure and are fixed in the language in the form of names. Interpretation of texts of memoirs and stories about life, as well as media texts about events, should take into account the cognitive aspects of the presentation of the event in the text - the features of the reference and text events, as well as the existence of a prototypical event.

HOW TO UNDERSTAND AUSTRALIAN? TO THE PROBLEM OF THE AUSTRALIAN VARIANT OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

The article discusses some extra- and intralinguistic conditions for the formation of the Australian version of the English language, which is independent and takes its own place in the system of other variants of the English language, differing both from the British English and American versions. It is also noted that in the works of domestic linguists this option is given insufficient attention.

The Present and the Future of the Russian and French Languages

The author describes the main problems which the French and Russian languages face in the modern world. The high degree of state support of the language in the French-speaking countries is contrasted to the inadequate support of Russian by the state under the conditions of globalization.

Associative Background Space in Newspaper Texts

The materials from the current newspapers are used to analyze the formation of spaces based on the phenomenon of secondary linguosemiosis. The mechanisms of formation of spaces of associative background of events are considered, leading to the conclusion that the manifestations of a given space contribute to perception of the main information of the text, and what is most important for the press discourse – they can mask by recurring to images the partisan opinions, they influence the reader’s perception of the world.

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. 

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