Lexicographizing as a Method of Describing Vocabulary: Revisiting the Theoretical Legacy of Olga Blinova

2021 ◽  
pp. 5-32
Author(s):  
Nikolay D. Golev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Space ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
State University ◽  
Conceptual Content ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Important Principle ◽  
Linguistic Basis

The article develops the idea formulated by Olga Iosifovna Blinova, professor of Tomsk State University, according to which lexicography is one of the methods of studying vocabulary. The material of the study included: (1) theoretical works by Olga Blinova, (2) her lexicographic works, (3) lexicographic experiments of the author of the article and their theoretical understanding, (4) works of other authors on related issues. The main research method used in the article is a comparison of concepts and principles of their implementation in different authors to identify the features of Blinova’s lexicographic theory and practice. The author interprets lexicographizing of a word as a specific approach to the description of its semantics, as a way of its modeling, which consists in its discretization – transformation of continuous semantic space of the language into notional quanta, clots of meaning. In the study, this method is contrasted with other methods of language modeling found in applied language descriptions: in the methods of language teaching, in translation and in compilation of computer programs on a linguistic basis in particular. Much attention is paid to the concept of lexical parameterization, which occurs in the process of lexicographic modeling of the semantic reality of the language. The most important principle of semantics modeling is the parameterization of the meaning of a word and vocabulary in general. The article discusses the features of parameterization in explanatory dictionaries against the background of their opposition to other types of dictionaries: encyclopedic, motivational dictionaries, dictionaries of everyday interpretations of words and frequency dictionaries. To identify these features, the definitions of words in explanatory and encyclopedic dictionaries are analyzed. Such important trends in modern lexicography as overcoming the absolutization of the discreteness of semantics and its simplified definition are analyzed. The article explores the tendency of lexicography to an antropocentric modeling of semantics in dictionaries, a particular manifestation of which is the representation of the content of a word as a conceptual content. In more detail, the article highlights the specifics of the motivational dictionary – one of the main lexicographic works by Blinova, who developed the concept of this type of dictionary and implemented it in practice by creating the Motivational Dialect Dictionary. The final section of the article analyzes Blinova’s idea about the possibility of implementing a project of a complex dictionary, in which the meaning of each word is considered in the mirror of a set of parameters which together give a systematic idea of the functioning, semantics and linguistic connections of the word. The article draws conclusions about the role of Blinova’s theoretical heritage for semasiology, dialectology and lexicography of the Russian language.

scholarly journals Еміль Балецький - дослідник закарпатських українських говорів (другий етап наукової діяльності) До 100-річчя від дня народження

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-26
Author(s):  
ЄЛИЗАВЕТА БАРАНЬ
Keyword(s):  
Assistant Professor ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
State University ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Slavonic Language ◽  
History Of ◽  
University Of Budapest ◽  
The University ◽  
The Russian Language

Emil Baleczky (his pseudonyms: E. Latorchanin, O. Vyshchak, and his cryptonym: E. A.) is one of the most prominent personalities in the history of Ukrainian studies in Hungary in the twentieth century. His main scientific interests include Transcarpathian dialectology and historical lexicology of the Ukrainian language. The second stage of the scientist's professional carrier is connected with the University of Budapest, where in 1951, Emil Baleczky was appointed head of the Department of the Russian Language at the Institute of Foreign Languages, and at the same time assistant professor of the Russian Institute at the University. Among the scientific interests of Emil Baleczky was the investigation of lexical units commonly used in Transcarpathia, first of all, in terms of their etymology. Among the achievements of the researcher, special attention must be paid to Emil Baleczky's attempt to determine the origin of some borrowed words, including those originally Slavic, which are common in the Carpathian Ukrainian dialects. Emil Baleczky performed a deep etymological and lingual-geographical analysis of the word урик, урюк, орек in the Ukrainian language, that of the word дюг widespread in Precarpathian Ukrainian, Polish, and Slovakian dialects, and also that of the noun kert in Transcarpathian Ukrainian dialects. The author devoted a separate paper to the study of the origin of dialecticisms like фотляк, csulka ~ csurka, бôшн’ак, булґар’, валах, ґириґ, тôўт, and циганин, investigated the etymology of the terms of national dishes widespread in Carpathian Ukrainian dialects, in particular of the token бáник. He considered the role of the Old Church Slavonic language in the history of the Carpathian Ukrainian dialects. According to his contemporaries, it is known that Emil Baleczky did not maintain official connections with the Soviet Transcarpathians but was surprisingly well-informed about the scientific processes in his native land. He analyzed the works contained in the two editions of the Dialectological Collection of Uzhgorod State University. In addition to examining the issues raised, Baleczky complemented, specified, and sometimes criticized the achievements of his colleagues, which indicates his deep knowledge of Transcarpathian Ukrainian dialectology. Thus, we can state that Emil Baleczky's works testify the high professionalism of the author, his profound knowledge in the field of synchronic and diachronic dialectology. The love of Transcarpathian dialects inspired the researcher to study them thoroughly as well as to present the research results to the general public of Slavists. The main area of Emil Baleczky's scientific interest until the end of his life was Ukrainian linguistics, particularly Transcarpathian Ukrainian dialectology. The aim of this paper is to present the Emil Baleczky's achievements in the field of Transcarpathian Ukrainian dialectology, focusing on the period from 1957 to 1979.

scholarly journals Development and implementation of blended courses for Russian language teachers in Russia and abroad

2019 ◽  
Vol 69 ◽  
pp. 00142
Author(s):  
Tatyana Malykhina ◽  
Sergey Zolotykhin ◽  
Lyudmila Larina ◽  
Alevtina Kuzmina ◽  
Tatyana Pravednikova
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
State University ◽  
Training Video ◽  
Theoretical Approaches

The growing popularity of massive open online courses (MOOC) stimulates teachers to appeal to the theory and practice of this philosophy. MOOCs are aimed at widespread involvement of students, improvement of their progress in studies, implementation of the principles of lifelong learning throughout life, support and development of their professional competence, etc. However, the mechanisms for implementing of the basic principles of MOOCs philosophy remain a subject of discussion. The article deals with theoretical approaches to solving a number of MOOCs problems connected with the use of a training video. The models for using a video content described in the article are given in the context of a blended Russian language learning project implemented at Kursk State University.

scholarly journals Cognitive linguoecology as a methodological approach to the study of destructive communication

2020 ◽  
Vol 88 ◽  
pp. 01014
Author(s):  
Yana Volkova
Keyword(s):  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Cognitive Ecology ◽  
Communicative Behavior ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Communicative Intention ◽  
Communicative Actions ◽  
Linguistic Structures ◽  
Rational Component

The article discusses the possibilities of applying the methodology of cognitive ecology to the agenda of destructive communication. Destructive communication is defined as a special type of interaction, which is based on a destructive communicative intention, which is in turn realized in a number of aggressive communicative actions. However, classifying destructive communication as an exclusively emotional type leaves open the question of the place and role of the rational component of destructiveness in communication. The article proves that it is cognitive ecology as a new direction of cognitive research that can offer a holistic and comprehensive approach to the study of destructive communication. As the main research method, the indicated approach includes a holistic analysis of both linguistic structures and social, situational, biological, i.e. non-verbal components, allowing us to understand the mechanisms underlying the destructive, i.e. ecologically irrelevant, communicative behavior. From the perspective of cognitive ecology, Russian-language situations of open and hidden destructive communication are analyzed in various types of discourse. It is concluded that it is necessary to develop a new interdisciplinary scientific direction – cognitive linguoecology, within which language will be considered as a specific tool that ensures the functioning of the entire cognitive system, which will make it possible to understand the mechanisms of ecological behavior of the human being as its subject.

Role of professor V.G. Rudelev in the Tambov Linguistic School formation and development

Neophilology ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 118-128
Author(s):  
Anatoly L. Sharandin
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Community ◽  
Scientific Activity ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Scientific School ◽  
State University ◽  
Information Method ◽  
School Formation ◽  
The Russian Language ◽  
Different Levels

The aim is to show the role of professor V.G. Rudelev as a founder of Tambov Linguistic School in its formation and development. We consider the term of scientific school and its invariant features which were realized in the scientific activity of this school. The main feature is developing in the Tambov Linguistic School theoretical and information method on the phonology material inspired by N.S. Trubetskoy. This method is universal and its realization proves it on the language material of different levels of language system of the Russian language. V.G. Rudelev’s role is that he could develop a research program on this method and attract to its realization scientific community of lectures and research workers of the Derzhavin Tambov State University. Results of scientific activity of the Tambov Linguistic School differ because of their novelty, theoretical and practical relevance in researches on the Russian language.

scholarly journals Yuri Burtin and his failed attempt to nominate A.T. Tvardovsky a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR (based on to archival sources)

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-39
Author(s):  
Alexander V. Zaitsev
Keyword(s):  
Electoral System ◽  
The State ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Soviet Society ◽  
State University ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Analysis Methodology ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
The Sixties ◽  
History Of

The publication used previously unknown archival documents from the collections of the State Archive of the Latest History of Kostroma Region related to the history of the exclusion of Yuri Burtin from candidates for membership of the CPSU for an unauthorized government attempt to nominate A.T. Tvardovsky as a candidate for deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in the March 16, 1958 elections. After graduating from Leningrad State University, within the state program of job distribution in August 1954 Burtin was sent in the town of Bui, Kostroma Region, where he taught the Russian language and literature at the Working Youth School for eight years. And in 1958 he made a selfless attempt to nominate A.T. Tvardovsky to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. The purpose of this article is to verify existing information and introduce into the scientific circulation new archival materials that complement and expand our understanding of the place and role of the “sixties” (on the example of Burtin) in the context of political history of Soviet society. The main research methods are the systemic method, the historical approach, elements of the comparative analysis methodology and sociocultural approach to the study of the life and work of one of the prominent representatives of the Russian intelligentsia of the second half of the 20th century. The materials of the article confirm the presence in Soviet society among the intelligentsia of indirect (latent) resistance to the system of power, the methodology of nominating candidates and holding elections to the highest echelons of power. This confirms the need for deep reform of the electoral system, as well as the entire political structure of the country, which has already objectively matured in post-Stalin society.

scholarly journals From the history of Russian phonetics: Theory and practice in acoustic and perceptual research of the Department of Phonetics, Leningrad University (1950–70s)

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 761-780
Author(s):  
Natalia D. Svetozarova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Fundamental Importance ◽  
History Of ◽  
Theoretical Issues ◽  
The Russian Language ◽  
Phonological System ◽  
Experimental Phonetics

The article dedicated to the memory of Ludmila Verbitskaya is concerned with the role of acoustic and perceptual research in the development of Lev Shcherba’s phonological theory. Of fundamental importance for this were the studies of the Laboratory of Experimental Phonetics of Leningrad University, conducted in the 1950–1970s, in which fundamental theoretical issues were inseparable from the problems of application. It is at this period that Verbitskaya’s early works were created, largely responsible for her reputation of an outstanding linguist. In 1965, she defended her Ph.D. dissertation Russian Speech Units vis-à-vis Аllophones and Phonemes (Lev Zinder, advisor), based on an extensive experimental study. Among other things, she challenged the dogma of the traditional phonological theory that speakers perceive only distinctive phonemic oppositions, by demonstrating the ability of the speakers of Russian to distinguish a greater variety of vowels than was normally supposed. It should be noted, however, that in Verbitskaya’s experiment, of all the allophones involved, the informants discerned only those responsible for providing the hardness-softness consonantal opposition. In this case, the informants not only perceived the differences, but were able to interpret them in accordance with the phonological system of the Russian language.

Reflections on Deliberative Democracy

2018 ◽  
pp. 899-912
Author(s):  
Amy Gutmann ◽  
Dennis Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Deliberative Democracy ◽  
Civic Education ◽  
Institutional Support ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Mutual Respect ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Over Time

The disparity between the theory and practice of deliberative democracy should stimulate theorists not only to try to improve practice but also to develop the theory in new directions. Theorists need to pay more attention to the role of science in deliberation, the place of non-deliberative institutions, the legitimacy of decision-making deliberative bodies, and forms of institutional support for deliberation over time, such as civic education. The encounter with practice also shows that a theoretical understanding of mutual respect may be more important than continuing to insist on consensus. Systematic comparisons between deliberative and non-deliberative institutions and systems could help keep expectations for the future of deliberative democracy in perspective.

The Iliad in Theatre: Ancient and Modern Modes of Epic Performance

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 379-390
Author(s):  
Dmitry Trubotchkin
Keyword(s):  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Medieval Art ◽  
State University ◽  
State Institute ◽  
Theatre Arts ◽  
Epic Theatre ◽  
Theatre Studies ◽  
The Voice ◽  
Moscow State University

In this article Dmitry Trubotchkin focuses on Homer's Iliad as directed by Stathis Livathinos and premiered in Athens on 4 July 2013 as part of the Athens and Epidaurus Summer Festival – as far as is known, the first production of the complete Iliad in world theatre. It was performed by fifteen actors, each of whom played several roles and also acted the role of the ancient rhapsode, or narrator of epics. Livathinos's Iliad restored the original understanding of ‘epic theatre’, which differs from what is usually meant by this term in the light of Brechtian theory and practice with its didactic and distancing emphases. In the Greek performance, the transformation of an actor from one role to another and from acting to narration is constant, and the voice of Homer as a ‘collective author’ can be heard through all these transformations. Livathinos's Iliad may well be a landmark, indicating a new way of presenting epics on the stage. Dmitry Trubotchkin is Professor of Theatre Studies at the Russian University of Theatre Arts (GITIS) and an invited Professor at the Faculty of Arts of the Moscow State University. He heads the Department of Ancient and Medieval Art at the State Institute for Art Studies in Moscow. His publications include ‘All is Well, the Old Man is Still Dancing’: Roman Palliata in Action (2005), Ancient Literature and Dramaturgy (2010), and Rimas Tuminas: the Moscow Productions (forthcoming).

Formation of financial literacy in training of informatics teachers on the basis of the 1С:Enterprise system

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-18
Author(s):  
M. A. Rodionov ◽  
I. V. Akimova
Keyword(s):  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
State University ◽  
Science And Literature ◽  
Successful Development ◽  
Mathematics History ◽  
School Subjects ◽  
Personal Finances ◽  
The Right

In the submitted study the problem of the formation of financial literacy of students at informatics lessons and relevant training of future informatics teachers is considered. Financial literacy is understood as a set of basic knowledge in the field of finance, banking, insurance, as well as budgeting for personal finances that allow a person to choose the right financial product or service, soberly assess and take risks that may arise during the use of these products, correctly accumulate savings and identify doubtful (fraudulent) investment schemes. The authors conclude that successful development of meaningful lines of the course of financial literacy requires integration of a few school subjects, such as mathematics, history, informatics, social science and literature. The role of modern informatics teacher in the formation of financial literacy of students is great. Therefore, in the training of a future informatics teacher, it should be paid the attention to issues related to the study of elements of financial literacy in informatics lessons. In order to solve the problem, the authors propose to use the special course “Basics of work in 1С:Enterprise”, which is implemented at Penza State University. The article contains a program of the course and the methodological recommendations for its implementation.

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