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


Linguistics

Sound Gestures in Oral Communication

The paper deals with the study of sound gestures – involuntary subconscious exclamations.

Issues of Lexicographic Description of Word-formation Metaphors

The article deals with the issues of describing the lexical meaning of word-formation metaphors in thesauruses. Various means of defining derivatives with metaphoric motivation are regarded. The reasons of why it is impossible to describe the lexical meaning of some groups of derivatives by means of linking them to the generative word are established.

The Role of the Thematic Group «Hats» in the Formation of Russian Idiomaic System

The article analyzes the degree of how productively the headwear nominations are used in Russian idiomatic system. The main principles of motivation of semantics of phraseological units by meanings of lexemes of this type have been identified.

The Lexic Organization of Semantic Sphere of Social Relations in Contemporary Russian Youth Slang (on the material of the verbal metaphor)

This article is devoted to the verbal metaphor in the semantic sphere of social relations in the contemporary Russian slang. The author analyzes main lexical groups enlarging by means of metaphor and the reasons conditioning the structure of the semantic sphere under consideration.

Specific Features of the Lexico-semantic Field «Disease» in the Written Form of Scientific Medical Discourse

The article is concerned with the problem of investigation of the socialprofessional group discourse from the point of view of semantic fields. It describes the peculiarities of the lexico-semantic field «Disease» based on the material of the written form of the scientific medical discourse, presents the structural and functional analysis of the field under research.

THE BASIC METHODS OF IMPACT IN SOCIAL ADVERTISING

The main ways of influencing the addressee in social advertising are considered in the article; Some of them are considered common with means of commercial advertising, others - specific.

Creolization of the Text in the Field of Art

The work of fine art is considered in the aspect of its two-code semiotic organization - iconic and verbal, i.e. as a phenomenon of a creolized text.

OBSERVATIONS OVER LANGUAGE CARTULARIA OF TULUZA CONSULATE XII - XIII CENTURIES

The article is devoted to the study of the Latin text of the 12th-13th centuries, which before did not attract the attention of linguists. Various phonetic and lexical features are distinguished and classified. They are typical for the variant of medieval Latin used at that time in Provence. The materials proposed can later be used in studies of the Romance languages.

Semantic Features of Naming a Person by Family Ties in the Novel by I. Ilf and E. Petrov Twelve Chairs

The article deals with the issues of naming a person on the basis of family ties or connections in the text of a work of fiction. The authors consider notions of kinship and relationship, offer a semantic classification of antroponominants, give a typological description of the units denoting a person according to the degrees and lines of kinship.

Evaluative and Symbolic View of the Opposition ‘Deep – Superficial’

The article presents the results of the semantic research of the axiological binary opposition of the Russian language ‘deep – superficial’; some peculiarities of its components’ symbolization are described. Based on the language material the idea is propounded that the opposition components under research reflect the phenomena of the physical, sensuous sphere, and are also employed in denoting the epistemological sphere in the Russian language.

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