Manik S. A. Ambiguity in english political media discourse

The article deals with ambiguity in political media discourse as exemplified by publications on the events in the Kerch Strait in 2018. It describes the differencebetween the meaning and sense, polysemy and ambiguity, and defines the phenomenon under study. By the example of the word “aggression” the paper illustrates its dictionary definitions, as well as […]

Grigoryan A. A., Grigoryan A. Yu. On a Version of CLT in English

The idea of interdependence and interplay between lexis and grammar can hardly be considered a new one. Based on recent research in corpus linguistics andcommunicative language teaching, the article attempts to outline a practical use of grammar/vocabulary merging in teaching English as a foreign language. Key words: lexical grammar, corpus linguistics, communicative method, set expressions, […]

Grigoryeva E. M. Australian Lexicography: Beginnings, Formation, Perspectives

Australian lexicography peculiarities from the beginning up to the present moment are studied in the article. First Australian dictionaries were glossaries, theirauthors were not professional lexicographers, dictionary microstructure can be characterized by laconic manner. Nowadays the situation is completely different. Dictionary microstructure includes not only a head word and its definition but various components such […]

Trofimenko T. M. Man of science in the French literature of the end of XIXth century (Based on the Villiers de L’isle-Adam’s novel «Claire Lenoir»)

French literature of the XIXth century produces contrasting types of people of science, reflecting different points of view on scientific progress. The article deals with the work of the French writer Villiers de l’Isle-Adam in the context of the confrontation of various aesthetic and literary trends at the second half of the XIXth century in […]

Kiseleva I. S. The transformation of the narrator and the problem of existential freedom in the novel by Max Frisch «Call yourself gantenbein»

The key to deciphering this work is to play at all artistic levels. His hero chooses roles, in one life he can change several scenarios, but some key moments remain unchanged in these roles: old age, illness, love, death. Complex and multifaceted phenomenon of the game is considered by the writer, first of all, from […]

Finogentov V. N. On structural and genetic heterogeneity an inexhaustible universum

The article discusses the main aspects of inhomogeneity of an inexhaustible (manifold infinite) universe: structural (spatial) heterogeneity and genetic (temporal) heterogeneity. Such aspects of structural heterogeneity as nomological heterogeneity and substrate heterogeneity are also identified and analyzed. Special attention is paid to this component of the genetic heterogeneity, which is captured by the concept of […]

Kulikova O. B. Multidimensionality of consciousness and the problem of its conceptualization

It is investigated the problem of the construction of the integral concept of the consciousness, whose multidimensionality caused multivariance and, as a result, the fragmentariness of its philosophical interpretations. In this regard recognized heuristic concepts are, developed by representatives of anthropological school. It is substantiated the productivity of the idea of natural uncertainty of man, […]

Timoschuk A. S., Trofimova N. N. Mediatization of public intelligence

Mediagnosis occupies a special place in the noosphere. It is a set of complex interrelated processes of informatization, digitalization, individuation and globalization of social knowledge. Mediacracy claims the status of the fifth power, continuing and strengthening the traditional influence of the press. Technology, societality and individuation generate a synergistic effect of media. Informatization and mediatization […]

Samotovinskij D. V. «The world has not grown old yet, having come to its end»: a perspective of the future in the poetry of Pierre de Ronsard before and after 1562

Ronsard's historical consciousness included an optimistic vision of the future. This vision was resistant to the disastrous events of the Religious wars in France. Both before and after the beginning of the wars in 1562, Ronsard rejected the idea of “the world grown oldˮ, on which the popular apocalyptic interpretation of the contemporaneity was based. […]