scholarly journals Features of artistic translations of the Saami poets into the Russian language

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 615-623
Author(s):  
V. B. Bakula ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
National Literature ◽  
Cultural Relations ◽  
Cultural Meanings ◽  
Culturally Adapted ◽  
The Subject ◽  
General Meaning ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Russian Language

Introduction: the article is devoted to the topical issue of cross-cultural relations of Kola Saami literature. The subject of the analysis is the interlinear translations of the Saami poets’ works into the Russian language. Objective: to identify the equivalence of translations of the Saami authors into the Russian language in the transmission of cultural meanings, values, and ethnic psychology. Research materials: the poetic works of the Saami authors and variants of their translations. Results and novelty of the research: the article analyzes Russian-Saami literary contacts for the first time. The focus of the work is on the accuracy and peculiarities of translations of the Saami poets into the Russian language. The analysis of the material allowed us to conclude that poetic translations of the Saami authors into the Russian language do not always accurately recreate the meanings and images of the interlinear translations, which is due to the complexity of the task in translating national literature. The Russian translators saturate the text with poetic liberties; adorn it with visual and expressive means that reflect the Russian national color; include Russian proverbs, sayings and stable phrases, religious and Christian notions; use translations as an excuse to create their own poem, which, in turn, distorts the general meaning of the original, deprives it of ethnicity, and makes poetic translations of Saami interlinear translations culturally adapted, authorized, and ethnocentric.

scholarly journals On the history of studying proverbs in the Swahili language

Litera ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 174-180
Author(s):  
Viсtoriya Sergeevna Shatokhina
Keyword(s):  
Russian Language ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Scientific Heritage ◽  
Special Contribution ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Western European ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Russian Language

The subject of this research is the African paremiology. The object is the history of studying proverbs in the Swahili language. The author examines the chronology of studying this field of linguistics by Western European and African scholars, cites their major works, and describes the peculiarities of their scientific views. Special attention is given to the works of the founders of African paremiology, as well as the perspective of modern scholars of Tanzania and Kenya upon the scientific heritage of proverbs and sayings of the Swahili language. The article employs the theoretical research methods, namely the comparison of theoretical works in the Swahili and English languages. The analysis of a wide range of works in the Swahili language alongside the works of certain European authors, allows reconstructing the chronology of the process of studying Swahili paroemias, as well as highlighting most prominent African and European scholars in this field of linguistics. The novelty of this research lies in the fact that this topic is viewed in the domestic African Studies for the first time; foreign linguists also did not pay deliberate attention to this question. The author’s special contribution consists in translation of the previously inaccessible materials of the African and Western European into the Russian language, which helps the linguists-Africanists in their further research.

scholarly journals Linguistic and Extralinguistic Aspects of Study of Modern Russian Rap Texts

2021 ◽  
pp. 74-97
Author(s):  
E. V. Grudeva ◽  
A. A. Diveeva
Keyword(s):  
Hip Hop ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Hip Hop Culture ◽  
The Past ◽  
Linguistic Research ◽  
The Status ◽  
Gender Characteristics ◽  
The Subject ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Russian Language

An overview of modern domestic and foreign linguistic studies of rap texts is presented. The features of rap as part of the global hip-hop culture are considered. The proof is given that rap text as a component of rap culture is the dominant of the subculture, and domestic rap is an authentic phenomenon. It is shown that over the past twenty years, the subject of research in the field of studying Russian-language rap texts has become more diverse. The main linguistic aspects of the study of rap texts (lexicon of rappers, slangisms, intertextual inclusions, gender characteristics, paronymic attraction) are revealed. The novelty of the research is seen in the fact that the status of rap text as an object of linguistic research has been clarified, and guidelines have been created for further practical analysis of this type of text. For the first time, a number of works by foreign scientists that have not previously been presented in the domestic scientific space and which define new perspectives in the study of the Russian-language rap text are highlighted. Particular attention is paid to debatable issues about the status of rap text, its genre features. The authors of the article argue that the leading mechanism of text generation in Russian-language rap is paronymic attraction, which gives reason to consider rap text as a literary text. 

scholarly journals Nāgārjuna and his “Mūlamadhyamakakārikā” in light of Je Tsongkhapa “Great Commentary” to this text

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Irina Safronovna Urbanaeva
Keyword(s):  
Russian Language ◽  
Buddhist Philosophy ◽  
Original Text ◽  
Dependent Origination ◽  
Middle Way ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Buddha ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Russian Language

The subject of this article is meaning of the work “Ocean of Reasoning : a Great Commentary on the Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā” by Je Tsongkhapa for understanding the phenomenon of Nāgārjuna, his contribution to the development of the history of Buddhism overall and Buddhist philosophy in particular, essence of the explained by hum system of Madhyamaka – middle way, free from the extremes of reification and nihilism. The author establishes that false interpretations of Mūlamadhyamakakārikā as just logical-epistemological text and a guide for polemicizing, as well as such an improper understanding of the ontology of Nāgārjuna, when the doctrine of dependent origination is proclaimed higher teaching of the Buddha, can be overcome through the commentary of Je Tsongkhapa. The novelty of this study is defined by the fact that it involves original text of Tsongkhapa, which is translated into the Russian language for the first time, as well as introduced into the discourse on national Buddhology. Due the commentary of Tsongkhapa, it is established that the doctrine of emptiness is the “heart of teaching of the Buddha”, and the argument on the dependent origination is “superior to all arguments”, as it helps to cognize emptiness as the “dependently emerging suchness”. The doctrine of dependent origination and the view of emptiness comprise a semantic unity, although they are not identical. Therefore, translation from the Tibetan language and examination of the writings of Je Tsongkhapa, namely “A Great Commentary”, are relevant and essential for reconstruction of the authentic teaching of Nāgārjuna, as well as overall comprehension of Buddhist philosophy.

scholarly journals Means of realization of language game the Swahili language paroemias

Litera ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 59-70
Author(s):  
Viсtoriya Sergeevna Shatokhina
Keyword(s):  
Native Speakers ◽  
Native Speaker ◽  
Language Game ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Game Analysis ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
The Subject ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Russian Language ◽  
Linguistic Phenomenon

The object of this article is the language game in its various manifestations. The subject of this research is the proverbs and sayings of the Swahili language, in which the author attempts to trace the linguistic phenomenon. Special attention is given to various means of language game at different language levels. The goal is to determine whether it is possible to interpret the term “language game” in a broad sense, as well as the extent of application of such linguistic tool in proverbs and sayings of the Swahili language. The article explores different perspectives upon the concept of language game. Analysis is conducted on the Swahili paroemias that demonstrate different ways of language game. The survey results carried out among the native speakers of Swahili are presented. This article is the first to analyze the ways of realization of language game in proverbs and sayings of the Swahili language on the various linguistic levels. The author demonstrates the examples from the corpus of Swahili paroemias, which were translated into the Russian language for the first time. The conclusion is made that language game takes place not only in the written texts, but also in folklore, which indicates that alongside a writer or a linguist, the author of the language game can also be a native speaker. It is underlined hat versatility is also characteristic to the Swahili language paroemias.

scholarly journals Clash of cultures in short stories by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Litera ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 34-47
Author(s):  
Arina Rafail'evna Shevchenko
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
English Language ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Research Material ◽  
Constructive Dialogue ◽  
Literary Process ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Clash Of Cultures ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Russian Language

The object of this article is the English-language multicultural prose of the late XX – early XXI centuries. The subject is the clash of cultures. The research material is based on individual short stories by the contemporary US-Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie published in the book “The Thing Around Your Neck” (2009). The goal of this article lies in determination and analysis of the peculiarities of artistic expression and functionality of the situation of clash of cultures in the writer’s short stories. The relevance is substantiated by the following factors: 1) clash of cultures is typical for the relationships in modern multipolar world during the globalization era, this it is relevant in literary works of the XX–XXI centuries;  2) literary studies currently indicate heightened interest in covering various aspects of fictional multicultural prose; 3) Adichie is a remarkable figure in modern literary process. The short stories by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie are unique in their reference to signal trends in the development of the English-language literature, and thus are a relevant in the context of studying the designated topic. Unlike the works of multicultural writers of the second half of the XX century, which have repeatedly been the object of scientific research, the multicultural prose of the late XX – early XXI centuries is poorly studied. The scientific novelty is defined by the fact that the analysis of short stories from the collection “The Thing Around Your Neck” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, which is not translated into the Russian language, is carried out for the first time within the Russian literally studies. The conclusion is made that the situation of clash of cultures in Adichie’s stories becomes the factor that induces mental crisis in the minds of the characters. There is no constructive dialogue of cultures, and their clash leads the characters to either the loss or substitution of identity.

scholarly journals Cultural meanings in language: metaphors of vanity

2021 ◽  
pp. 87-95
Author(s):  
Sergey G. Vorkachev
Keyword(s):  
Russian Language ◽  
Semantic Features ◽  
Cultural Meanings ◽  
Personal Property ◽  
Semantic Component ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Evil Spirits ◽  
Abstract Categories ◽  
Semantic Transfer ◽  
The Russian Language

The article is devoted to the study of metaphorization in the field of abstract categories in linguistic consciousness on the example of the cultural meaning “vanity”. The aim of the article is to establish the role and functions of metaphorical transfer in the visualization of abstract cultural meanings. The work used the methods of semantic, component, definitional and conceptual analysis, with the help of which the means and functions of semantic transfer in the metaphorization of vanity were investigated. The material for the research was the collected corpus of aphoristic sentences about vanity and the contexts of the metaphorical representation of vanity in the National Corpus of the Russian language. It is established that the metaphor in the language performs two main functions: cognitive, which gives the intellect the ability to comprehend something rationally incomprehensible, and expressive-evaluative, which allows the subject of speech to emotionally highlight any aspects and characteristics of the object. In the visualization of vanity, all the main types of metaphorical transfer on the auxiliary subject are used. Of the totality of semantic features of any category, in most cases, only a few are metaphorically distinguished, and these are connotative, evaluative features that are not associated with its definitional core. The attribute of negative evaluativeness in the semantics of vanity is metaphorized through the assimilation of this personal property to various kinds of unpleasant, harmful and dangerous creatures, plants, phenomena and objects. Like all “sinful passions” that subjugate a person and take possession of his will, vanity in speech is easily demonized – it is likened to “evil spirits”, mainly a demon. A specific feature of “reflexive feelings” – directed at oneself – conveys the likeness of vanity to a certain expanding substance, blowing a person from inside. In isolated cases, the likening of vanity to a crooked mirror and cotton wool metaphorizes such an essential semantic features of it as the imaginary, emptiness and futility of flaunting virtues. Thus, the study indicates that when metaphorizing abstract categories, which include vanity, not definitional semantic features of this category are visualized, but mainly semantic features relevant to assessment and emotional attitude of the subject of speech.

Root with Alternation of -ravn-/-rovn- (From Materials of the Academic Description of Russian Spelling)

2020 ◽  
Vol 81 (6) ◽  
pp. 90-96
Author(s):  
E. V. Arutiunova ◽  
E. V. Beshenkova ◽  
O. E. Ivanova
Keyword(s):  
Russian Language ◽  
Study Guides ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
The Given ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Russian Language

The study investigates the rule of spelling the root -ravn-/-rovn- and is considered to be a fragment of the academic description of Russian spelling, which is currently being under investigation at the Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The authors clarify the meanings that determine the spelling of the unstressed root, supplement the lists of exceptions, denote words with meanings not corresponding to the given values-criteria, and, for the first time in linguistics, investigate the words that can be correlated with different values-criteria, that is, they have double motivation. The rule codifies the spelling of words that have double motivation and fluctuate in usus, dictionaries, study guides and reference books. Spelling recommendations for these words correspond to the current linguistic norm and were approved by the Spelling Commission of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2019. The linguistic commentary to the rule contains the most significant etymological facts concerning the root -ravn-/-rovn- and summarises the scientific and methodological attempts to figure out the distribution of vocabulary with root -ravn-/-rovn- based on the meanings selected in the spelling rules. In the paper it is shown that the instability in spelling of various verbs with the root -ravn-/-rovn- in modern writing and dictionaries is determined by the double motivation of words, as well as contradictory recommendations and gaps in the rules.

Prospects for the Development of Russian-African Cooperation in the Cultural and Humanitarian Sphere

2020 ◽  
pp. 5-14
Author(s):  
Olga Konstantinova
Keyword(s):  
Soft Power ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Cultural Relations ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Science And Culture ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Russian Education ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Russian Universities ◽  
The Russian Language

The relations between Russia and Africa today go to a new level. This was successfully demonstrated by the first Russia-Africa Summit. The «soft power» that is capable of creating an atmosphere of trust and mutual understanding and supporting the further development of political, economic, and cultural relations between the Russian and African peoples is of great importance for the further advancement of Russia’s interests, which is considered in this article. Currently, the «soft power» of Russia in Africa is represented by the activities of the Russian centers of science and culture, the «Russkiy Mir» Foundation, schools at the Russian Embassies in African countries, the education of Africans in Russian universities and more. However, the author concludes that Russia does not fully use «soft power» on the continent. It is necessary to increase the number of Africans studying the Russian language, to more actively promote Russian education, to involve compatriots and graduates of Soviet / Russian universities to joint projects, which will undoubtedly contribute to the further development of mutually beneficial Russian-African ties.

USING ACTIVE TEACHING METHODS IN THE PROCESS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT (WITHIN THE SUBJECT “THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND SPEECH CULTURE”)

2020 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-137
Author(s):  
V.V. Gavrilov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Active Teaching ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Russian Language

This article states the need to change the approach, as well as the forms and methods of teaching in the process of developing students' speech within the subject "The Russian language and Culture of speech". The purpose of the study is to describe the ways of active teaching methods application in order to improve students' speech culture. The author notes that modern teaching methods have ceased to respond to the needs of society and do not contribute to successful socialization of university graduates. The novelty of the study lies in the fact that the author proposes that the work on a text (in the broad sense of the term) should become the main one in the teaching process. . The author proposes an updated process model of trainingenumerates those teaching forms and methods that contribute to the successful implementation of the model, describes the conditions of using these methods in the educational process. According to the author, the modeling of problem-based situations, the use of active teaching forms and methods reveal new opportunities to the teacher, help to develop students' communicative competence, and will largely determine further successful socialization of graduates.

Reading literacy and periphrastic capacity in the context of individual language development

2021 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-15
Author(s):  
E. V. Arkhipova ◽  
L. V. Lagunova
Keyword(s):  
Information Age ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Reading Literacy ◽  
Informational Texts ◽  
Pedagogical Discourse ◽  
Cultural Concepts ◽  
New Information ◽  
Didactic Texts ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Russian Language

The aim of the study was to develop linguistic and methodological theoretical aspects of training the skill of paraphrasing, which constitutes an important element of reading literacy. To this end, the authors reviewed research and educational publications in the field of teaching the Russian language and conducted a pedagogical experiment to analyse pedagogical processes. Interrelation between the infosphere and axiosphere of Russian language lessons within the pedagogical discourse involves the division of didactic texts into informational and axiological, including modern linguistic and ethnographic texts that manifest Russian cultural concepts in the new information age. It is shown that various aspects of teaching paraphrasing and interpretation techniques on the basis of informational texts have already been elucidated quite efficiently. However, formation of the axiological component of reading literacy (teaching to paraphrase on the basis of linguo-ethnographic texts) has been undertaken within the framework of the present study for the first time. These issues should be considered comprehensively, in the context of language and values-based development of a personality.

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