Категория: 5.9. Philology

Mental meaning in the semantic paradigm of the verb find

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DOI 10.51955/2312-1327_2021_2_51

Tatiana I. Semenova

Anna A. Chapaykina

Abstract. The theoretical background of the research is a set of principles and assumptions of cognitive linguistics to the study of the meaning of a linguistic form in the context of other cognitive structures. The objectives of the paper is to consider semantic shifts of the verb find and reveal cognitive strategies of verbal semantic derivation. The research is based on the empirical data from available sources and corpora data. The study is conducted within the framework of cognitive semantics where language meaning is viewed as knowledge structure.

The paper considers the phenomenon of lexical polysemy from a cognitive perspective. Of particular concern is the issue of semantic extension of the polysemous verb find. The study brings into focus such parameters of the verbal meaning as taxonomic category of the verb and semantic roles of the participants. It is argued that the change of any parameter causes semantic shifts of the lexical meaning of the verb find.

 The results obtained may be helpful for further study of productive semantic derivation processes in the framework of cognitive semantics.

Key words: conceptualization, language meaning, polysemy, semantic derivation, cognitive domain, mental state, evaluative statement.

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Functional criteria of the interdiscourse of information and psychological warfare

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DOI 10.51955/2312-1327_2021_2_81

Artyom A. Khabarov

Abstract. The article is devoted to a comprehensive analysis of the linguistic aspect of information and psychological warfare in the light of modern theories and concepts in the research of speech activity, discourse and the human cognitive system. The author’s concept focuses on the use of language as an instrument of ideological influence, mainly in the form of an interdiscourse, defined as a macro-level communicative structure that comprises polarized thematic discourses. Using semantic and structural analysis, conceptual and pragmatic analysis of speeches by US Government officials, the author establishes the typology of the interdiscourse of information and psychological warfare. The results of the linguistic analysis of the text fragments demonstrate the validity of the selected criteria and their epistemological value to study the paradigm of the systemic warfare of the collective West led by the USA with the aim of destroying the integral potential of adversaries by non-combat means.

Keywords: information and psychological warfare, ideology, interdiscourse, cognitive influence, manipulation of consciousness.

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Francien dialect and scripta: features of franciеn scripta

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DOI 10.51955/2312-1327_2021_2_108

Lydia A. Stanovaïa

Abstract. The corpus of franciеn manuscripts is sufficient for an in-depth study of the francien scripta. The paradoxical opinion of certain researchers affirming the total absence of written attestations of Francien, is linked to the imperfect and often discutable localization of several French manuscripts, including franciens. The important features of franciеn scripta are the following: (1) coexistence of two scriptural norms (etymological and analogical) of the graphic representation of the nominal declension; (2) homogeneity of language usage, ensured by the majority use of franciеn Forms; (3) respect of protographs that franciеn copyists modified with moderation.

Keywords: history of the French language; historical dialectology; scriptology; dialect; scriptа.

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Automatization and visualization in the field of linguistic research and linguodidactics (based on the database “Slogan’s universum of the XX-XXI centuries”)

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DOI 10.51955/2312-1327_2021_2_97

Marina Borisovna Tashlykova

Yulia Rimovna Lemeshko

Larisa Yurievna Dmitrieva

Abstract. The article demonstrates the possibilities of using computer tools to model the functioning of a language in certain social situations. It is done for the purpose of automatic comparison of fragments of lexical and phraseological sections of the language system at different chronological sections of its development and for visualizing the results of this comparison. The subject of the analysis is a database that includes a representative sample of the use of slogans, systematized by chronological indicators. The authors propose a way to automate the calculation of the percentage of the use of various structural models of slogans from the total number of corpus material, and to visualize data to search for correlations between the types of slogans and the socio-historical background of the epoch. The aim of it is to identify the universal structural-semantic models and the models that vary under the influence of the time factor. The programming language Visual Basic for Applications for MS Excel is used as the development program. It allows to develop quickly and conveniently the effective applications using the MS Office package. It is important that the software product can be used in the future to obtain quantitative and qualitative characteristics of certain models of linguistic expressions and to identify the specifics of their functioning in synchronic and diachronic aspects using graphs, diagrams and 3D models.

Кeywords: slogan, slogan’s universum, slogan’s model, the programming language VBA, the software product, automation, visualization.

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Metaphorization process in english professional advertising discourse

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DOI 10.51955/2312-1327_2021_2_69

Seda Batyrovna Tsoloeva

Abstract. The article is devoted to the consideration of the peculiarities of the metaphorization process in the professional advertising discourse. The research material is modern English-language advertising texts thematically belonging to the field of design and architecture, published in the magazines The Art of Design, Interior Design Today and posted on the Internet. Sharing the position of representatives of cognitive linguistics on the nature of metaphor and the presence in its structure of the sphere of “source” and the sphere of “target”, the author emphasizes the importance and prospects of the method of metaphorical modeling in the study and comprehension of various types of discourse, including advertising discourse, which is the object of research in the present work. Based on the results of an empirical analysis of advertising texts from the English-language magazines The Art of Design and Interior Design Today, the author identifies artifact and anthropomorphic metaphorical models, which have their own language specifics, their own verbalizers of metaphorical transformations representing a certain part of speech, as well as pragmatic value. The paper presents statistical data demonstrating the frequency of the use of metaphorical models in English-language advertising texts and indicating the importance of the metaphorization process in the context of advertising communication.

Keywords: professional communication, artifact metaphor, anthropomorphic metaphor, metaphorical modeling, advertising discourse, advertising text, design and architecture, English.

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On phraseological representation of the concept ukhel ‘death’ in the buryat language

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DOI 10.51955/2312-1327_2021_1_132

Tatiana B. Tagarova

Abstract. The paper considers the concept ukhel ‘death’ verbalized by phraseological units of the Buryat language in the linguoculturological aspect. Differences in understanding of the concept ukhel ‘death’ in the Buryat naive view of the world and the scientific type of consciousness, namely, the belief in the existence of the soul after death in the linguistic view of the world and its denial in the scientific world-image are revealed. The existence of phraseological units with the meaning of death demonstrates the connection with the ancient ritual actions for the burial of the deceased, which is confirmed in the Mongolian literary work “The Secret History of the Mongols” in 1240. The naive view of the world of Buryat speakers-Buddhists through phraseological units reflects the understanding of death as a transition to another level of life, in a new physical body, but the subsequent life depends on the previous way of life. The worldview of shamanists is also reduced to the belief in an afterlife, but in the existence of a disembodied spirit. Phraseological meaning is developed by metonymization and metaphorization from the original free phrase. At the same time, a more significant role of the denotation is noted. A bright functional and stylistic differentiation of the phraseological unit about death is revealed. The semantic field ukhel ‘death’ demonstrates the breadth of the functions of this lexeme.

Keywords: Buryat language, the concept ‘death’, linguoculturology, phraseological unit, linguistic view of the world, scientific world-image, shamanistic, Buddhism.

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Affixation as a type of term formation based on components Dialekt/Mundart

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DOI 10.51955/2312-1327_2021_1_118

Inna V. Senina

Svetlana Y. Pozdnyakova

Abstract. The article deals with the main types of affixation as one of the leading mechanisms of term formation based on the components Dialekt / Mundart, which are the basic concepts of German dialectology. The main attention is paid to the identification of productive affixes, on the basis of which terms are able to form new terminological nests. The predominant use of affixes of Greek-Latin origin, as well as affixes of borrowed nouns and adjectives, allows to indicate the tendency for the further consolidation of the borrowed term Dialekt as the most commonly used.

Keywords: affixation, derivation, term, term formation, terminological nest, dialect, dialectology.

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Francien dialect and scripta: contours of the francien scriptural zone

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DOI 10.51955/2312-1327_2021_1_97

Lydia A. Stanovaïa

Abstract. The franciеn scriptural zone includes the scripta of Paris, Orléanais, Soissons, Senlis and Compiègne. The scripta of Burgundy constitute particular scripta. The status of scripta of Berry and Turraine requires a specialized study. The francien scriptural zone, medieval, corresponds in broad lines, but not totally, to the dialectal zone, current. The territory of the francien scriptural and dialectal zones does not correspond to that of the current Region of Île-de-France.

Keywords: history of the French language, historical dialectology, scriptology, dialect, scriptа.

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Emotional aspect in the nominations of the notion of «Heimat» (based on artistic discourse of russian germans)

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DOI 10.51955/2312-1327_2021_1_82

Mariya A. Saltymakova

Abstract. The article characterizes Russian Germans, their language, culture and mentality within the framework of contact linguistics, reveals the essence of the definition of «discourse community» in general, as well as «discourse community of Russian Germans» in particular. Considering that the present research is carried out on the material of the artistic discourse of Russian Germans, the article gives a brief definition of the notions of «discourse» and «artistic discourse». The work was carried out within the framework of the study of the nominative theory, therefore, it reveals the essence of the notions of «nomination» and «secondary nomination», by means of which the emotional component in the nominations of the notion of «Heimat» realizes.

The practical part of the work studies the emotionally colored nominations of the notion of «Heimat» in the artistic discourse of Russian Germans. A comparative-contrastive analysis of the dictionary definitions of the lexemes «emotion» and «Emotion» is carried out, the key components of the notion of «emotion» in Russian and German languages are revealed. Further, a component analysis of the surroundings of the lexeme «Heimat» is carried out both at the verbal and non-verbal levels, as well as from the standpoint of lexical, stylistic and grammatical analysis.

Keywords: contact linguistics, Russian Germans, nomination, homeland, Heimat, emotion, Emotion.

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Female types of german laughter linguocultural: nomination of women in jokes

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DOI 10.51955/2312-1327_2021_1_69

Raisa I. Babaeva

Anna S. Iatsenko

Abstract. The issues considered in the article are interconnected with the problem of gender relations in the modern German-speaking world. The article describes the most common ways of nominating female characters in modern German-language jokes, on the basis of the identified feminitives, five main feminine types are distinguished, characteristic of the German-language laughing folk linguistic culture: linguocultural types correlated with proper names; linguocultural types correlated with real people, linguocultural types correlated with professions and occupation; linguocultural types correlated with kinship and social relations; linguocultural types correlated with appearance of a woman. The theoretical basis for the analysis of the material was the theory of linguocultural types, developed in domestic linguistics, the theory of discourse analysis, theoretical provisions developed in the framework of the study of humorous discourse, the position of gender linguistics. As a result of the analysis, it is concluded that the identified types are a significant part of the German-speaking laughable folk linguistic culture, the negative qualities of feminine characters, played in a certain way, constitute the pointe of the anecdote, while the positive qualities of female characters manifested in the joke create only a context against which realized pointe.

Key words: humorous discourse, German, joke, feminitive, cultural linguistic type, proper name.

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