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

Linguistics

ACTUAL COMPUTER LEXIS IN ASSOCIATIONS OF SCHOOLCHILDREN

The composition of the so-called computer vocabulary in the associative reactions of schoolchildren is studied using the material of the Associative Dictionary of Saratov and Saratov Region Schoolchildren. It is shown that it has entered the lexicon of students of all age groups and as the students grow up, its relevance increases.

GROUP IN THE POETIC LINE

In this article, we consider the binary delimitation of a string with the first short and the first long hemistichs. It is shown that it is due to the syllabically invariant structure of the sonnet. The lawfulness of applying to the lines with such a division the name "correct" is indicated, since they have the greatest number of metrically perfect sequences, and the metric deviations in them tend to a certain syllable position.

Discourse Analysis and Corpus Analysis in Historical Lexicology

This article considers the role of discourse analysis and corpus analysis in the investigation of historical development of the semantic structure of lexical units.

Peculiarities of Using Grammatical Homonyms Proper ОБЛЕТАТЬ (Fall) – Imperfective Aspect – and ОБЛЕТАТЬ (Fly Over) – Perfective Aspect

The article regards the peculiarities of the contextual actualization of grammatical aspect homonyms proper ОБЛЕТАТЬ (Fall) – Imperfective Aspect – and ОБЛЕТАТЬ (Fly Over) – Perfective Aspect and the content of their homonymic and non-homonymic word-forms.

On the International Demand for the French Language

The paper focuses on the formation, development and current state of the French language as a means of international communication. Special attention is paid to the destiny of the French language in the world from two perspectives: from the perspective of multiculturalism and the perspective of cross-language competition.

Phraseological Unit as the Main Element of Pragmatic Level of Language Personality of Catherinе II

The article analyzes the specificity of the linguistic personality of Catherine II on a pragmatic level, studies phraseological units, used in her texts, as the main instrument of pragmatic impact on the recipient.

Expressive Figurative Devices of Poetic Syntax in Play Discourse of Advertising

This article examines the use of expressive devices from poetic syntax
in play discourse of advertisement as a means of a more effective
impact upon the recipient of the text. Advertising discourse is considered
as a stylistically marked linguistic unit on the basis of which these expressive devices of poetic syntax are studied.

Structural and Functional Peculiarities of the Lexical-Semantic Field «Disease» in Conversational Discourse (on the Material of Spontaneous Informal Speech of Physicians)

The article focuses on the analysis of some social and professional group discourse from the viewpoint of semantic fields theory. The peculiarities of the lexical-semantic field «Disease» are described based on the material of spontaneous informal conversational discourse of physicians; the structural and functional analysis of the field in question is given.

Paremiology of the Russian Language in the Traditional and Modern World Pictures (on the Material of Proverbs about Work and Labour)

The article deals with the research of the LABOUR concept in the traditional and modern world pictures of the Russian language speakers. The analysis of the functions of those paroemias, which reflect the traditional lifestyle pattern of a Russian person, in modern periodicals renders it possible to elicit changes taking place in the society’s world outlook and the norms and value system.

Basic Units of Formal Syntax

The paper offers a new typology of English basic syntactic units that take part in realizing communicative acts and traces its applicability to a study of Russian basic syntactic units.

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