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

Linguistics

Precedent Phenomena: Problems of Definition and Classification

The article addresses the problem of precedent phenomena definition and classification from the point of view of the complex approach. Based on the undertaken analysis, the authors give the definition of precedent phenomena, distinguish their main and complementary characteristic features as well as build the hierarchy of the precedent phenomena.

Stream of Consciousness of Literary Text Characters (on the Material of A. P. Chekhov’s Prose of Different Periods)

The article considers one of the ways of presenting the initial phase of character’s inner speech in A. P. Chekhov’s prose – stream of consciousness as a manifestation of his individual writing style.

Usage of Substandard Vocabulary in Printed Mass Media as a Result of the General Trend Towards Conversationalization of Media Discourse

The article presents the analysis of substandard vocabulary that is used in Russian newspapers of various types. It describes these words’ functions, frequency of occurrence and ways of introducing them.

Language World Picture as a Basic Concept of Contemporary Cognitive Linguistics

The article deals with the term «Language world picture», its origin, development and modern status. Different approaches to its definition are highlighted in this work; the boundaries of adjacent term categories are determined.

The Social Function of a Language in the Context of Multilingualism and Multiculturalism

Multilingualism is conditioned by heterogeneous composition of modern world of nations. The social function of a language is represented in the formation of national identity and national state. The language reflects the contradiction of global and local components under globalism.

Happiness Images in Naive Consciousness (Experimental Aspect)

The article is devoted to the definition of content and acting types of correlation structures inside the image of happiness. Actualization intensiveness of constructive cognitive marks is analyzed in different age groups of respondents. Investigation result is structural model creation to show cognitive marks interaction inside the image of happiness.

The Tatistics of Softening the Categoricity of the Statement (on the Material of the Author’s Personal Notes of Conversational Speech)

The article describes certain tactics and means used to soften the categoricity of the statement, which include the tactics of preventing the addressee’s negative reaction, the tactics of objection disguised as consent, the tactics of authorizing constructions, the tactics of employing non-categorical estimation and others.

Peculiarities of Subject Expression in Sentences with Adverbial Complicators in Different Communication Spheres (on the material of the modern fiction, press and colloquial speech)

The article is dedicated to examination of the ways of expression of subject in sentences with adverbial complicators in modern fiction, press and colloquial speech. The aim of this article is to prove that the features of functioning of an adverbial complicator do not determine of selection of the ways of expression of subject. Some peculiarities of subject in sentences with adverbial complicators depend on characteristics of a sphere of communication.

Event and Its Participants (Based on the Associative Fields of Event Stimuli)

The article deals with event structure in the form in which it is reflected in the associative fields of the event names. The emphasis is made on the slot «Event participants», marked out in the procedure of the frame analysis of event stimuli’s associative fields. Different types of events are shown to have their own typical sets of participants; further analysis is made to mark out the participants’ ontological varieties, as well as the roles performed by them in what is going on.

VARIATION OF SUSTAINABLE DRAWINGS IN DIALECTIC TEXTS (ON THE MATERIAL OF THE TEXT CASE BY S. BELOGORNY)

The article is devoted to the peculiarities of dialect communication, the factors of variation of a stable plot within the framework of one dialect are considered.

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