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


Linguistics

Perceptive and Semantic Keynotes in the Formation of Artistic Style

The article considers the influence of the forms of the psychological phenomenon of perception on writers’ aesthetic systems. Visual and audio types of perception are reflected in fiction in the most consistent and systemic manner. Different authors exhibit variations in their correlation: either the visual or the acoustic type prevails.

«No Answer» as an Indicator of the Word Acquisition Degree in Associative Fields

The article studies the interdependence between «no answers» and the process of lexicon formation during school age, based on associative dictionary data.

Major Means of Expressing Positive Aesthetic Evaluation in «Le Roman de la Rose» by G. de Lorris and J. de Meung

The article considers linguistic means of positive aesthetic evaluation in the medieval allegorical French poem «Le Roman de la Rose». A range of linguistic contexts containing evaluative components are studied, specific axiological means and principles of contributing to the lexis of aesthetic evaluation are analyzed.

Syncretism of Discursive Words

In the article, dedicated to the research of the syncretism of discursive words (discursives) of the Russian scientific speech, alongside the two main types of discursive words – regulators and organizers – syncretic types, combining different types of information – discursive and regulatory, factual, pragmatic and grammatical, discursive and regulatory – are singled out.

Word Order in the Author’s Speech of B. Akunin

The results of word order analysis in the author’s speech of B. Akunin are represented in the article. A special notice is given to informal spoken structures, permeating the author’s speech with a variety of purposes.

Concept MERCY in the Russian Linguistic Consciousness and in the Writer’s Idiostyle

The evolution of the concept MERCY is researched in the Russian linguistic consciousness; the concept is analyzed in many aspects; the concept’s functioning in the writer’s idiostyle is examined on the material of A. S. Pushkin’s literary heritage.

Peculiarities of Spatial Semantics in Different Spheres of Communication

The article considers the specificity of the use of linguistic resources with spatial semantics in everyday communication and scientific speech (to form and render speculative concepts); the socalled types of spaces are put forward as the instrumental subject of research.

Language Means of Realization of the Tactics of Recognizing the Existence of the Problem and the Tactics of Clarification (on the Materials of the Interviews with A. Merkel)

The article considers communicative tactics used by the Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel in the process of realizing informationinterpretative strategy in print mass-media which are the main source of fulfilling society information interests.

Concept of Another in Concept Spheres of the Dursleys and D. Malfoy (in novels by J. K. Rowling about Harry Potter)

This article presents a comparative characterization of the structure and modes of representation of a concept ANOTHER in the concept spheres of two character types in the novels by J. K. Rowling about Harry Potter.

Expediency and Efficacy of Using Language Game in High School Teachers’ Speech from the Students’ Point of View

The article examines the problem of the use of language game in high school teachers’ speech in communication with the students. The conclusions drawn in the article are founded on the analysis of the results of the questionnaire which had been held among the students of Saratov State University.

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