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A PROBE INTO THE CAUSES OF HAYDN’S COMEDY MUSIC STYLE
Franz Joseph Haydn’s music is recognized as witty and humorous, full of healthy, simple and relaxed interest. This personal music style has been highlighted in his instrumental works. This paper attempts to explore the formation of comic style in Haydn’s music, which will involve the influence of the 18th century Enlightenment, Baroque spirit and the language of opera in the 18th century. Haydn put comedy throughout his music creation, making comedy his important music style, from which we can clearly observe the process from simple playfulness to comedy. It is recognized that his comic expression techniques and comic effects are diversified. No matter in his piano works, string quartet music or symphonies, we can clearly feel the comic temperament of his music.
Read MoreMORAL PREFERENCES AS SOCIO-CULTURAL CONSTANTS OF THE HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE INDIVIDUAL
The article deals with the relevant problems of determining the essence of moral preferences as sociocultural constants of the historical consciousness of the individual, examines the relationship of moral preferences actualized in the historical consciousness of the individual at a certain historical stage with its ability to construct historical and social reality. In modern conditions of socio-cultural uncertainty and rapid change of the sociocultural landscape, it is important to have a strong foundation or “fulcrum” in order to maintain stability, stability and continuity in historical development and movement in time. In the opinion the authors of the article, such “points of support” are the moral preferences of the individual as certain socio-cultural constants that contribute to the preservation of continuity and stability of sociocultural systems in the conditions of sociocultural transformations.
Read MorePROPER NAMES AS A MEANS OF DENOTING THE SUBJECT IN THE NOVEL M. A. BULGAKOV’S “THE MASTER AND MARGARITA” AND ITS GERMAN TRANSLATIONS
The linguistic analysis of the intentions of the use of language/speech units naming the subject has been the least developed problem of artistic discourse until now. At the same time, the works of the great classics of world literature. such as M. A. Bulgakov, contain the richest material for a comprehensive exploration of this problem.
In artistic texts, proper names and intentions realized with their help can serve as a kind of reference point for creating a direction in the interpretation of a work.
The current article is based on the novel “The Master and Margarita” by M. A. Bulgakov and examines proper names and, in particular, allusive proper names nominating the subject. The study distinguishes proper names that have the lowest degree of explicitness realizing the function of a single naming of the subject, and the highest degree of implicitness realizing the meaning of generality. With the help of an original method of linguistic and pragmatic interpretation supplemented by methods of contextual and corpus analysis, the authors analyze the problem of translation and preservation of explicit and hidden properties of proper names.
Read MoreABOUT THE ORIGINS AND PROBLEMS OF MODERN PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
This article describes the background of the emergence of psycholinguistics – explores the concepts of A. Marty and K. Buehler, assesses their impact on the subsequent development of the science of language; presents the modern ideas of psycholinguists about language, its forms, specifics and methods of language learning, speech activity.
The purpose of the work is to analyze the works of A. Marty and K. Buehler, who laid the foundations of psycholinguistics, and to present the modern problems of this science. The research novelty is in fact that the concepts of German scientists for the first time are considered as the most important scientific prerequisite for the emergence of psycholinguistics, and the provisions that distinguish psycholinguistics from other linguistic disciplines are formulated.
General-logical methods and techniques of research (analysis, synthesis, abstracting, generalization) have been used, as well as specific methods for the human knowledge are understanding and explanation. It is concluded that modern psycholinguistics, like the concepts of A. Marty and K. Buehler, is based upon the idea of speech as a psychical process.
HASHTAG AS A TOOL OF INFLUENCE IN MODERN MEDIA SPACE
The article features an analysis of the links between online discourse and the dynamics of social movements in the offline space. The study examines the features of hashtags in the formation of the agenda and the specifics of the influence of hashtag movements on the offline space. Political organizations and figures actively use hashtag movements in order to implement their social agenda. It is emphasized that the main feature of hashtags is the participation of peripheral users who distribute hashtags in the process of participating in the discussion, criticism or approval. The article also examines certain hashtag movements that have influenced the political institutions of society. The author comes to the conclusion that in addition to active work with content, it is important to promote it correctly. Hashtag movements serve to draw attention to a problem or situation through various social platforms and key figures, including bloggers, opinion leaders, social and old media.
Read MoreTHE PHENOMENON OF SYNONYMY IN THE ANTHROPOLINGUISTIC ASPECT
This article identifies and examines synonyms of the ambiguous lexical unit oblastin Russian and region in English. The paper considers the figurative meaning of the lexemes and determines the date of its occurrence. By analyzing the dictionaries of synonyms, the author selects corresponding lexical units, examines their semantic structure, determines the time of the appearance of the lexeme and the time of the formation of the considered figurative meaning as well as indicates the frequency of the identified language signs. The article contains a comparative analysis of the synonymy of semantic rows in Russian and in English is identifying their features from the perspective of a newly formed branch of knowledge – anthropolinguistics.
Read MoreCOMPOUND NOUNS IN SCIENTIFIC TEXTS: BASED ON THE ARTICLES FROM “SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN”
The current article features an analysis of the frequency of the use of compound nouns in the texts of English-language scientific articles as well as the features of the graphic design of compound words in the journal Scientific American. As a result, the study found that the most productive type of compound nouns is those formed according to the principle “noun + noun”; most compound nouns in scientific articles are written together, while hyphenated spelling and separate spelling occur in an equal number of cases.
Read MoreCHARACTERISTICS OF ADOLESCENT SPEECH IN THE FILM “THE LAST SONG”
This article features an analysis of the portrayal of a teenager’s speech presented in the film “The Last Song” based on the novel of the same name written by Nicholas Sparks. The aim of the research is to analyze the language means of creating a speech characteristic of a teenager. The relevance of the work is justified by the need to understand the modern foreign language speech of representatives of the adolescent age group. The novelty of the work is connected with the appeal to a modern film dedicated to the problems of the adolescent period of life for the purpuses of analyzing the dialogue within it. It is adolescent speech that is characterized by increased dynamism and a desire for encryption and expression, which therefore causes difficulties in its interpretation. The conducted research makes a certain contribution to the study of modern informal speech; its practical value lies in the possibility of using the results obtained for the formation and development of skills of understanding, translating and modeling the speech of adolescents in English.
Read MoreTHE PROBLEM OF DEFINING THE CONCEPT OF “NON-EQUIVALENT VOCABULARY”
In modern translation studies, lack of equivalence can be understood as the absence of both a dictionary and a translation equivalent. In light of this fact, there are two approaches to the definition of the concept of “non-equivalent vocabulary” that can be distinguished based on different interpretations of the term “equivalent”. The article analyzes the disadvantages of both approaches with a detailed commentary of specific examples. As a solution to the problem, the article proposes a definition that combines both approaches and provides a sample of analysis on the basis of which it can be concluded that the lexical unit under consideration is or is not equivalent. The method of identifying non-equivalent vocabulary proposed in the article can be used in conducting pre-translation analysis, particularly when performing educational translations or in scientific research.
Read MoreETHNIC, LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL CONCEPT “OLEN”: IMAGE SIGNS IN THE RUSSIAN AND EVEN LINGUISTIC WORLDVIEWS
The article discusses image features of the ethnospecific concept “olen” (deer) in the Russian and Even linguistic worldviews. This article aims to describe the figurative features in the structure of the ethnospecific concept “olen” in the Russian language and to identify the similarities and differences of the features and related ethnolinguistic and cultural stereotypes and national character on the basis of a comparative analysis with the Even language.
The results of the research demonstrate the image features of the “olen” concept as well as establish the similarities and differences of the ethnolinguistic and cultural concept in the Russian and Even linguistic cultures.
The practical significance of the research lies in the possibility of applying the results in theoretical courses on linguistic culturology, linguistic and cultural studies as well as ethnic and lignuistic culturology, cognitive linguistics and a course of lectures on general linguistics.
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