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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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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Krivchenko I.B.

Mustafaeva L.P.

The paper focuses on the analysis of indirect evaluation and its linguistic means in the modern English political discourse. Emotionally coloured words, which are frequent in the political speeches of the English and American politicians, stylistic devices they employ and communicative strategies and tactics which lie in the basis of any political speech may be used to express evaluation indirectly. The authors claim that it is indirect evaluation which prevails nowadays in the political communication held in the English language.

Key words: political discourse, political speech, evaluation, indirect evaluation, linguistic means of evaluation.

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Racheev N. O.

Kozlova E. A.

The article is devoted to the issues of speech influence and interaction, namely the metaphorical conceptualization of reality and the hypnotic potential of а metaphor in professional business discourse. The review of the literature is devoted to metaphors in psychology and linguistics. The experiment of metaphor application in the sphere of small business management is described. The authors come to the conclusion about the effectiveness of hypnotic metaphor usage in management.

Keywords: linguistic manipulation, hypnotic metaphor, human resources management, communication efficiency, persuasive discourse, hypnosis, trance.

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Savina I. V.

Krivchenko I. B.

The paper deals with the analysis of the verbs of communication within the discourse of modern English drama. Lingvosynergetic aspects of such verbs in the plays  of  modern authors of English-speaking countries can be seen both in the dialogue of the plays and in author’s remarks. Due to the synergetic potential of the above mentioned verbs the two constituents of the play begin to interact and influence each other.

Key words: discourse of modern English drama, lingvosynergetic approach, verbs of communication.

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