卷 6, 编号 23 (2020)

Problematics of the work is connected with the study of the borrowing process, which, due to the process of globalization taking place at all Russian society’s levels of life, is highlighted as a factor of modern language development. As a subject of research, lexical units translated into the Russian language system from the Japanese language are considered. Research source are dictionaries of foreign words, neographic reference books, as well as explanatory dictionaries reflecting language changes. In addition, data were used from the Russian National Corpus and electronic media, which most actively provide the entry of a foreign language into the Russian language. The material is Japanese foreign-language lexemes representing different versions of the common language – the standard (literary language) and the substandard. The aim of the research is to show the functional changes in the system of the modern Russian language on the example of Japanese words that are included in the Russian lexical fund and which strengthen their derivative activity as an indicator of their creative abilities’ growth in the recipient language. It has been established that the word-formation activation of Japanese borrowings in the modern Russian language certainly reflects the processes of internationalization and globalization in speech culture and society, as well as the active combination of native and foreign combat elements characteristic of modern media production. It is noted that at present it is the sphere of Internet communication that protects the functioning of dictionary innovations and thereby activates the lexical dynamics of the Russian language, emphasizing the corresponding side of its Internetization.

We consider toponyms that are related to the same appellative or ascend to the same anthroponym or to the same family anthropolexem. We prove that this kind of nomination of toponyms contradicts its main purpose – to name single objects and creates interference at the level of communication. We substantiate the opposition-based numerical and opposing ways of forming toponyms. We establish that these methods should not be considered homogeneous, since they involve various kinds of auxiliary means of individualization and differentiation. Numerical differentiation generates a differential opposition, which serves to distinguish two topolexemes and is formed by adding to each of the opposed toponyms an additional attribute in the form of ordinal numbers. In this case, its mean the creation of so-called equipollent (equivalent) opposition. Similar is noted in many toponymic systems of the world (especially in urbanonyms). The opposing way of nominating settlements is based on a binary opposition – in the structure of oikonyms, antonymic pairs such as Big – Small, Old – New are present as differentiators. Kazakh toponyms and toponyms of the Tambov region are used as illustrative material.

The aim of the work is to present a comprehensive approach to the study of linguistic features of the UK written judicial discourse, describe its features in terms of professional communication and social practice. We give a consistent analysis of the major factors which scaffold judicial discourse as a whole – the formal structure of the legal discourse and the formal content (textual sources) of judicial discourse. We believe the legal sources (texts of previous decisions and texts of legislative acts) contribute to the multi-faceted nature of the judicial legal discourse in which we can observe various processes: legal interpretation, recontextualization of ordinary facts in the professional legal field, statutory treatment and nominalization of facts and deeds etc. These and other characteristics created the dynamic nature of judicial discourse which is commonly seen as a static relic. Proper analysis and understanding of the formal structure of the legal discourse and its formal content (textual sources) bears major importance when addressing the analysis of linguistic features of written judicial discourse. Based on the analysis, the main characteristics of the written judicial discourse of Anglo-Saxon system are identified and the framework for further study of its linguistic features is determined. From our point of view, the study of the phenomenon of professional discourse is interdisciplinary in nature, in particular, the study of written judicial discourse is based on the positions of sociologists, linguists, philosophers and legal scholars. We use description and synthesis methods, as well as comparative and contextual methods. The theoretical significance of the study lies in the development of the comprehensive approach to the linguistic analysis of professional discourses as a means of actualizing a certain social practice.

The work is created at the intersection of two sciences – literary studies and cognitive linguistics. We pose the urgent problem of artistic meaning of dynamism of the concepts' content of STILLNESS, SILENCE, and PRATE in Zakhar Prilepin’s novel “Abode”. We substantiate the conclusion that historical and author’s interpretations of the named concepts are used to express the author’s consciousness that the semantic content of the studied concepts STILLNESS, SILENCE, and PRATE serves in Zakhar Prilepin’s novel as an artistic and aesthetic justification of the spiritual crisis causes in Russian society at the beginning of the 20th century. The writer, demonstrating the crowding out of the original Gospel concept content of STILLNESS (achieving holiness), as well as the emergence of additional interpretations of it, which are formed in the text of Prilepin's work based on peripheral meanings in the author's interpretation of the concepts of SILENCE (limitation of mind) and PRATE (ideological propaganda), confirms the main idea of the novel “Abode”, which speaks of the destructiveness for Russia of the rejection of the Orthodox ideal in the post-revolutionary period.

The subject of the work is the Kalmyk fairy tale about the eagle and the raven, which is present in the story of A.S. Pushkin “The Captain’s Daughter” (1836). One group of scientists believes that this fairy tale-parable was composed by A.S. Pushkin himself. We represent those researchers who recognize this fairy tale as an independent work of A.S. Pushkin during a trip to the Orenburg region. Despite the fact that this tale is absent in the manuscripts of A.S. Pushkin and is not identified in the folklore of Russian Kalmyks, there are serious reasons to recognize it as an original work of Kalmyk folklore. This is convinced by the structure of the tale’s plot, which is becoming a series of tales about the relationship of animals, the recording of a similar tale among the Evens – the people of the Tungusic group, the existence of the same tale among the Xinjiang Kalmyks, the availability of information about the Kalmyk woman who told this tale to A.S. Pushkin, the widespread opposition of the eagle and the raven in the folklore of the peoples of the world, the presence of such semantic structures in the indexes of fairy tales and motives of S. Thompson. By the nature of the semantic elements composition and the plot structure, we can judge that neither A.S. Pushkin, nor anyone else could have composed such a fairy tale.

We analyze the ways of constructing a writer's reputation in exceptional cultural conditions related to displacement of entire generations of authors to the literary process periphery and their lack of a “right to creative work”. We compare the experience of two conditionally distinguished large and heterogeneous groups – writers from the people who tried to declare themselves at the beginning of the 20th century as an independent current, and representatives of the Russian literary emigration. In addition to a number of common features (falling into the “blind zone” of generally recognized literature, internal isolation, leading to the fact that the majority of readers belong to the same environment as writer, the lack of economic benefits from publishing works), self-educated writers and emigres resorted to similar strategies for building a reputation. We find that representatives of both groups formulated a noble mission uniting them, aimed at serving national literature, turned to the experience and poetics of predecessor writers to construct their own literary tradition, legitimizing their special creative path, and tried to structure their sub-field by creating associations and circles , as well as critical reflection of the current literary process.

We analyze the implementation specific of the Kore archetype, introduced by C.G. Jung and K. Kerenyi, in relation to the image of Katerina, the main heroine of the play “The storm” by A.N. Ostrovsky. The main focus is on the archetype of Katherine’s image. In the process of research, comparative typological, historical, biographical and interpretive methods are used. Due to the analysis of the works of V.V. Toporova, E.M. Meletinsky, N.A. Berdyaev, T. Eliot and others, Katerina’s involvement in the Kore archetype is revealed. We investigate the specific situation of Katerina’s life in the Kabanov family: dependence on circumstances forces the heroine to commit adultery in order to find female happiness. We prove that Katerina’s image created by A.N. Ostrovsky and actualizing the most pressing problems of the modern playwright of society, is typical for Russian literature of the Golden age in social and psychological terms. A detailed study of the main character’s image allows us to come to the conclusion that the illusory feeling and the subsequent doom to suffer reproduce the stable image of a Russian woman, ready for love, but receiving nothing in return. The results of this study may be interesting to everyone who is interested in the work of A.N. Ostrovsky and archetypes in Russian literature of the 19th century.

We consider the representation of the body and physicality in I.A. Bunin’s individual world picture. We reveal the special moments of the character’s body image – the transition to another being (the process of dying and the image of a dead body). The purpose of the study is to describe some artistic principles of I.A. Bunin’s poetics and analyze the role of portrait in the work system. From this position, we consider the most representative texts (“Ignat”, “The Gentleman from San Francisco”, “Pines”, “Happy House”, “White Horse”, “Aglaya”). We identify the anthropological and metaphysical, existential functions of the physical component image of the characters’ portrait description, as well as the reflection in the character’s description of I.A. Bunin’s aesthetic principles. The study notes some general features of the stories composition, the characters’ attitude to death, the dominants that are reflected in the portrait description of dying: death as a struggle, with all its inherent attributes; anticipation of death, when the plot of the story is the road, the end of which is the departure from life; death as acceptance of one’s own path. Based on the analysis of representative prose works, we make a number of generalizations and conclusions: despite the differences in the characters’ life paths, death becomes a transforming force. I.A. Bunin as a recognized master of detail shows his scrupulous vision in this aspect: he describes the process of dying and physical changes of the human body with all its physiological features. At the same time, he focuses not only on the “terrible” side of the process, but also notes the special solemnity of the moment and the inextricable connection between life and death.

The science fiction works of the Strugatsky brothers are considered as a common artistic world undergoing a certain evolution over time. One indicator of this change is the correlation of male and female characters in character systems of works. A similar change is traced (starting from the early works – “The Way to Amalthea”, “From Beyond” – to the later ones – “Beetle in the Anthill”, “Snail on the Slope”). At first, it can be seen in the quantitative transformation (the appearance of female images in character systems), and then in the influence they have on the plot, narration (including the “author's”digressions), in general – on the image of the world in the works of the Strugatsky. At the same time, an attempt is made to distract from the correlation of the Strugatskys’ work with political and feminist theories, the conclusions are formulated on the basis of an analytical consideration of the artistic form of literary works themselves. Heroines appear in their traditional roles. But then they from “helpers” become opponents in the character system, acquiring traits hostile to male characters. Such a change, in turn, affects the plots of the works, transforming the adventurous plot (now not just a plot-study, but conquest and transformation) and deepening the internal conflict of the Strugatsky brothers’ artistic world.

The review of productions of Tambov state academic order “Badge of Honour” of Lunacharsky drama theatre of L.M. Leonov plays “Invasion” (premiere of 3 October 1943), “An Ordinary Man” (22 September 1945), “Golden Carriage” (9 October 1971) is given. Theater reviews of 1940s–1970s written by Tambov authors, among which are teachers of Tambov State Pedagogical Institute (now Derzhavin Tambov State University), are collected and analyzed. The theatrical embodiment features of L.M. Leonov’s dramaturgical works on the stage of the provincial theater are considered. The multi-sided connection of the classic of Russian literature of the 20th century with Tambov land is marked. The dynamics of theatrical and literary regional interest in L.M. Leonov’s dramaturgy is traced. The stylistic features of theatrical reviews by R. Chernyak and L. Yakovlev are revealed. Special attention is paid to the responses of Tambov philology teachers, which allowed us to clarify the range of scientific and educational activities of the university’s teaching staff in different years, to determine the forms of interaction between educational and cultural organizations in the region. The features of the plays and their reflection in the productions are indicated. The stage embodiment’s distinctive features of L. Leonov’s plays’ characters by Tambov actors are determined.

The purpose of the research is the presentation of a new lexical graphic product, the idea of which is developed by the initiative group of scientists from the High school of journalism and mass communications in St. Petersburg State University. Nowadays there is a wide range of scientific researches devoted to the national language worldview. But there has not yet been an attempt of systematic fixation and linguistic analysis of word complex, building such a part as media view. Meanwhile, modern media are trend-setters for both the language sphere and the mental field. “Media dictionary”, as we believe, is called to, firstly, create a register of words which may be considered the key ones for this moment; secondly, reveal the semantic changes, happening to these words in media discourse; thirdly, follow the further life of the key words in the language. Such work is of a certain interest for completely different reading groups: casual consumers of media content, students of philology and journalism, those who study Russian as a foreign language, journalists to correct their speech behaviour. But most of all our edition is addressed to the scientific society, because it is meant to become an irreplaceable instrument for studying the current condition of the language worldview, to reflect the contemporary stage of the thinking history, to fix the last dynamic processes in the lexical system. We find it important to create the dictionary edition in the interactive form, which is correlated to the character of the dictionary: key words are very dynamic and changeable units. The work contains the project of the dictionary article, which helps to present the future lexical graphic edition.

We analyze the problem of escapism, briefly discuss its history and evolution, its attitude to the problem in different periods of history. Analysis of this problem is the main goal of this work. The subject of this research is the texts of authors writing for children and teenagers, created over the past decade. On the example of young adult fiction in recent years, the development of an escapist motive, a change in attitude towards it and possible causes of such a transformation are observed. The relevance of the study is that modern texts that have not yet been studied by modern literary studies are analyzed, and the problem of escapism is considered in accordance with the cultural and social trends of today. In the process, we use an integrated research method. The result of studying the problem of escapism can be called a review of modern young adult fiction, in which there is a motive for fleeing reality, as well as some observations and conclusions that may be useful in studying the cultural and social problems of today. We conclude that escapism in modern young adult fiction is a full-fledged motive and means of interacting with reality. The scope of the research results is the study of modern literary texts by philologists, literary critics, literature teachers, as well as students and schoolchildren who are interested in expanding and deepening literary knowledge.

The work is dedicated to the anniversary of Professor Zifa Kakbaevna Temirgazina. Professor’s research activity is analyzed, that is connected to developing theoretical and applied questions of linguistics and its directions such as linguistic axiology, pragmalinguistics, linguistic gender studies, political linguistics, we show the scientist’s role in creating her own linguaxiological scientific school, we define her role in training scientific-pedagogical personnel for graduate school of Kazakhstan. Reviewing scientist’s works allows to demonstrate a new way to a category of assessment, that is developed in her research, the idea of it is to define syntactic method as the primary linguistic method of expression in this category – in evaluative statements. Based on the analysis of the scientist’s works that are dedicated to highly variegated language phenomena, we show multi-discipline characteristic of her scientific findings: language is viewed in immediate interdependence and correlation with cultural, historical, cognitional, psychological, communicational facts. The scientist’s research results became the foundation for emergence of linguaxiology and development of pragmalinguistics as modern scientific ways in linguistics of Kazakhstan and received further development in works of students of her scientific school. 

The scientific heritage of Vladimir Georgiyevich Rudelev, a well-known scientist, the founder of Tambov linguistic school is analized. We focus on the works of the scientist, which are primarily devoted to the aspect of the language’s ancient layer – Russian and Slavonic writing. Vladimir Georgievich’s works are distinguished by the use of different methods which successfully complement each other: both etymological and comparative, and the use of methods of related disciplines, ethnography in particular. Slavic material related to graphics allowed the researcher to conduct an etymological examination on a wide background of the written signs’ names with an attempt to establish these stages of the written signs’ system with the identification of ancient, sacred meaning in addressing the concepts, traditions of the Christian faith. For an explanation of ancient Slavic traditions, the author naturally addresses different data from ancient languages to modern Russian patois; it is known that this is one of the sources of language cognition in ancient times, as well as toponymy. In the first decades of the second half of the XX century, Vladimir Georgievich became known both as a modern and perspective and a very interesting phonologist, for whom the strict organization system of units of the first language level with attention to synchrony and diachrony is important. V.G. Rudelev chose a promising opposition method for his subsequent various studies, grammatical ones in particular. He used it to make observations and discoveries in the field of Russian language parts of speech.

The scientific concept of Professor V.G. Rudelev, which has influenced the formation of problematics connected with the study of traditional folk culture language in the region, and was further developed in the researches of his students, making up a significant part of the scientific heritage of the Tambov School of Linguistics, is analyzed. The main focus of the researchers is on the development of the ideas of V.G. Rudelev's Candidate's dissertation, devoted to the study and description of the ethnographic vocabulary of the people's dwelling on the Ryazan land (published in Ryazan in 1995). V.G. Rudelev proposed a complex approach to the description of lexical material, which allows to consider the material not as isolated lexical facts, but as a complex system, in which all words related to the lexical composition of each patois are simultaneously opposed to each other and interconnected with each other. We establish that V.G. Rudelev’s dissertation had an innovative character and has not lost its methodological significance for modern science and is conceptually important for the study of Tambov dialects. In fact, representing a new stage in the development of philology, the work of V.G. Rudelev became a methodological basis for the collection, description and interpretation of the local tradition and contributed to the successful work of the Tambov scientific school representatives in collaborative programs at the all-Russian level.