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

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Gender influence on structural discourse markers in the English popular-science discourse (based on TED talks)

The article focuses on the influence of gender on structural discourse markers in the English popular-science genre of TED talks. The research is based on 20 English lectures (10 male and 10 female ones). All the lectures highlight the problems of education and online learning. The overall study materials comprise about 50,000 words. The structural discourse markers include global and local ones. Local structural discourse markers are used to connect statements, express the relations of cause, effect, time, condition, exclusion, inclusion.

Влияние гендера на использование дискурсивов-организаторов в устном англоязычном научно-популярном дискурсе (на материале TED Talks)

Данная статья посвящена исследованию влияния гендера на использование спикерами дискурсивов-организаторов в рамках англоязычных научно-популярных лекций TED talks, посвященных современным проблемам образования. Материалом исследования послужили 20 англоязычных лекций (10 мужских и 10 женских) общим объемом около 50 000 словоупотреблений. Дискурсивы-организаторы подразделяются на глобальные и локальные.

“The war between the sexes” in the works of F. Norris (The novels “Moran of the Lady Letty” and “A Man’s Woman”)

The article seeks to explore the concepts of masculinity and androgyny in the works of the American writer Frank Norris (1870-1902). Based on two novels, “Moran of the Lady Letty” and “A Man’s Woman”, the study examines the peculiarity of male and female images. The interaction of the sexes often grows irreconcilable, and the theme of emancipation becomes one of the key ones in the writer’s work.