scholarly journals The Functional Purpose of Slang (Based on Russian and American Slangisms)

2021 ◽  
pp. 98-104
Author(s):  
Natal’ya O. Orlova ◽  
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Oksana Yu. Bogdanova
Keyword(s):  
Professional Community ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Cultural Analysis ◽  
Personal Identification ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
New Words ◽  
Semantic Fields ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Creative Self

The purpose of this article was to identify the specific functions of slang from the standpoint of demonstrativeness, corporatism, and individual creative self-expression. The methods of comparative and cultural analysis were used. As a result, the following specific functions of slang were singled out: demonstrative, corporate, and the function of creative self-expression. Personal identification and social relationships determine the demonstrative function of slang, which is more pronounced in the speech of young people. Slangisms are distinguished by their vividness and imagery, which is caused by the desire of the individual to attract people’s attention and stand out from the crowd. At the same time, the opposition of slang to the established order can have a negative effect, when used ostentatiously. The corporate function of slang is fulfilled by indicating one’s belonging to a certain professional community and asserting one’s right to be considered as “one of us”. Ignorance of special slang hinders a person from fully functioning within a certain “corporation”. The abundance of slang synonyms, as well as the presence of whole sentences and phraseological units in slang, testifies to the creative potential of their inventors. This article provides examples of American and Russian slang units used in various semantic fields, as well as examples of slang homonymy. Comparison of stylistic synonyms confirms the fact that slangisms differ from their neutral and bookish equivalents due to their metaphorical as well as emotional and evaluative nature. The results of the study allow us to conclude that slang has much in common with folk art, in which the changing value orientations of modern society are manifested. We also found that slang holds a dominant position in the framework of non-standard lexicon. Due to the continuous evolution, slang is a rather volatile phenomenon that allows new words and expressions to quickly enter the vocabulary.

scholarly journals THE PHENOMENON OF CREATIVE EXISTENCE OF THE INDIVIDUAL: LUBOV MANDZIUK

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (22) ◽  
pp. 179-194
Author(s):  
Melikhova Yuliia
Keyword(s):  
Modern Society ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Experienced Teacher ◽  
Personal Attitude ◽  
Musical Thinking ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Creative Self ◽  
High Level ◽  
Spiritual Potential

The article proves that in the academic folk-instrumental art of Ukraine the personality of Lubov Mandziuk is significant. This is evidenced by her active concert and performance activities, a high level of teaching skills in the training of future bandura specialists, the identity of scholarly intelligence, organizational talents and the promotion of bandura performance in the world. It is understood that in the modern conditions of development of Ukrainian culture in general and musical art in particular, the versatility of Lubov Mandziuk’s personality is revealed in various manifestations. And it’s not just talents, skills, abilities, beliefs, value orientations, a kind of architectonics of musical thinking, a culture of feelings, diligence, will etc. It is emphasized that, first of all, the existence of Lubov Mandziuk’s personality in creativity is determined by the fact that she is self-fulfilling, because the existential release of creative energy and its direction to the development of the essence of spiritual potential depends on the level of actualization of personal self-realization. Not everyone succeeds, because it requires a lot of effort. A special reason for the author’s thoughts is the comprehension of the intentional space of the creative life of Lubov Mandziuk, which is manifested not only through the demonstration of her own virtuoso performance and artistic abilities, teaching creativity and wisdom, scientific originality, etc., but also through entelechical (movement that embodies the goal in itself) orientation on universal values in life. It is postulated that the personal attitude to one’s existence in the work of Lubov Mandziuk is perceived as the realization of a vocation that has an imperative and evaluative character, is formed on stable moral, psychological and social values, and hence the ability to deal with their own shortcomings, not hide them, uphold beliefs, constantly educate themselves and teach others. The purpose and task of the article is to identify and comprehend the features of the phenomenon of being in the work of personality Lubov Mandziuk. Analyze aspects of her creative self-realization as the realization of spiritual potential. The methodology is based on a set of research approaches to the study of the proposed issues. The basis is a comprehensive approach that combines the principles of systematic, determinism, functional-structural and activity-value methods of analysis. Conclusions The multifaceted figure of Lubov Mandziuk – a musicianvirtuoso, an experienced teacher, researcher certainly deserves special attention of scholars. After all, her creative existence is a transcended movement from a certain self-overcoming, constant self-development to self-realization as the achievement of the fullness of personal life. It (being) is interesting for the multilevel stereoscopicity of the life and professional position of the individual, which involves the mobilization of spiritual potential, all intellectual, psychological, physical resources, which ultimately form the life credo of Lubov Mandziuk. Of course, this is the achievement of a person who perceives his existence as a unique phenomenon and makes significant efforts to master the complex art of “being” in art. Thus, such individuals with a high level of professionalism, an impressive range of worldviews and original strategies for solving professional problems can help overcome the spiritual crisis of modern society, which requires the formation and upholding of spiritual values aimed at national cultural and historical creation.

scholarly journals The role of socio-professional teachers’ unions in a situation when the education system is being modernized

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-173
Author(s):  
Natalya V. Prokazina ◽  
Victor L. Lantsev
Keyword(s):  
Education System ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Professional Community ◽  
Active Participation ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
National System ◽  
Teachers Unions ◽  
The Individual

This article points out that the process of modernizing the Russian Federation’s education system is aimed at developing such a professional body of teachers that would be prepared to solve issues associated with improving the quality of education. Given such a situation, the need arises for finding effective means of developing the professional competencies of teachers. One direction for modernizing the education system would be a national system of advancement for teachers, which postulates the need for creating the right conditions for the formal and informal training of educators. Given the context, socio-professional teachers’ unions turn out to be especially vital. The goal of this study was to identify how active participation in the practices of such organizations is connected to a young teacher’s professional growth. The study was conducted in Orel Province. Members of the regional young math teachers’ association were selected to be the object of research, with questionnaire survey used as the research method. The study focused on several aspects of teaching: professional difficulties faced by young educators, the mentorship system, an educator’s value orientations, professional growth. The results of the study allowed for identifying three groups of educators, the first one being young teachers who do not actively participate in educational events. The second group included teachers who do not share their own methodical expertise, but partake in seminars and master classes. The third group consists of educators who publically share their experience and are prepared to think of new ideas for future events. The article shows that the Association’s active participation in various events significantly affected the individual value orientations of trade professionals. Those educators who shared their publically work experience demonstrated a higher degree of professional aptitude in performing their jobs within the national system of teachers’ training. ctive efforts as members of the Association helped young educators quickly adapt within their professional community and establish firm social connections with their colleagues. The authors suggest the need for developing a system of mentorship in educational institutions, which would utilize resources provided by socio-professional teachers’ unions.

scholarly journals Art House - Exhibiting the country in elite circles

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 43-51
Author(s):  
O. І. Орлов
Keyword(s):  
Social Practice ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Cultural Analysis ◽  
Art Cinema ◽  
Cultural Transformations ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approaches ◽  
Practical Research ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Behavior Models ◽  
Normative Value

The article investigates the phenomenon of growing popularity of art-house cinema in the twentieth century. The possibilities and success of art-house cinema as an instrument of research of socio-cultural problems of the past, present and future are considered. The formation of contemporary art house cinema and the growing interest in it by various social groups determine the relevance of the art house. It is this direction of cinema that affects the most acute socio-cultural transformations of modern society, in parallel contributing to the establishment of new social interactions, the formation of behavior models and values of the audience. The urgency of the socio-cultural study of the phenomenon of art-house cinema determines the need for the development of a conceptual apparatus that can serve as a tool for further theoretical and practical research. Art cinema is considered as a practice of leisure and consumption of a cultural product, as an institutionalized social practice, and an artistic film - as a means of existence and translation of normative-value content. The result of the socio-cultural analysis of the arthouse was the discovery of the main factors that influence the choice of the individual of a certain type of cinema. Identifying and analyzing these factors, for example, arthouse and mainstream, as well as studying a number of interdisciplinary approaches to studying the cinematic preferences of the audience, allowed us to propose a scheme for explaining the demand for various cinematic trends, which combines individual, institutional and socio-cultural factors, the definitions of which can reveal trends in cinematic preferences of the studied community, and vice versa, information about the cinematic flavors of the group under study makes it possible to make n ypuschennya it on such factors as education, income and so on. As an example of the development of Ukrainian cinema, the trends of the art house during the Independence period were analyzed, on the basis of which the features of the country’s exhibit in elite circles were determined.

Relationship between the motivational and demand sphere of students during the quarantine period and the field of perception of the concepts “Coronavirus”, “Quarantine” and “Self-Isolation” (based on research materials of PNRPU masters)

2021 ◽  
pp. 81-86
Author(s):  
M.K. Duvanskaya ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Family Relations ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Value Assessment ◽  
Social Forms ◽  
Spiritual Satisfaction ◽  
Life Education ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The article explores the peculiarities of the relationship of motivational and demand sphere with the field of perception of the concept of “coronavirus”, “quarantine”, “self-isolation” in modern society. Their interrelations influence both the formation of a holistic personality and the formation of public opinion. The study is based on the notion that life values are a set of different inherently social attitudes, which under the influence of external social forms of interaction and intrapersonal characteristics are subject to constant modification, which is reflected in the system of perception, as the world as a whole, and in particular at the conceptual, sense-making level. Thus, studying the peculiarities of the relationship of personal value orientations with the field of perception of a particular concept, we can build a dynamic scheme of mutually influential vectors of values, orientations, life priorities, taking into account the specific conceptual perception of the concept under study. The study revealed that the respondents are more characterized by the prevalence of focus on the material situation, spiritual satisfaction, as well as achievement and self-development. These values are manifested in the spheres of professional life, education and family relations. In the field of perception of the highlighted concepts there is a number of significant differences, so the concept of “coronavirus” has a negative value assessment while high subjective importance in the individual personal plan for the person. The concepts of “self-isolation” and “quarantine” are perceived positively in terms of value, while in the subjective, personal plan they carry a negative dynamic for the individual. Thus, the study confirmed that depending on the structure of basic needs, value priorities, which the person holds, we can assume what attitude he will have to the studied concepts, what meaning he will fill them.

Educational potential of the book by A. A. Magometov “They fought for the Motherland” (Vladikavkaz, 2020, 438 p.)

2021 ◽  
pp. 166-174
Author(s):  
Boris A. Takhokhov
Keyword(s):  
Multicultural Education ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Observation Study ◽  
Empirical Observation ◽  
Moral Uncertainty ◽  
Patriotic Education ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Education Of Students

The relevance of the study is caused by the need for moral and patriotic education of students, who, in the process of revising the value orientations and ideological foundations characteristic of modern society, at the time of active socialization, experience a certain confusion and spiritual and moral uncertainty. In the modern world, under the influence of global ideological and cultural transformations, young people, as more amenable to the slogan of “bread and circuses”, are alienated from the traditional values of humanism, patriotism, citizenship, and the history of their people, becoming “Ivans who do not remember their kinship”. In these conditions, the appeal to the heroic pages of their people, acquaintance with the biographies of the participants of the Great Patriotic War-students and teachers of the North Ossetian State University named after K. L. Khetagurov, should be recognized as an effective form of moral and patriotic education of student youth. The purpose of the work is to substantiate the methods, forms and technologies of spiritual, moral, patriotic and multicultural education of students based on the material of the book by A. A. Magometov “They fought for the Motherland». The methodological basis of the research consists of the theories and practices of spiritual, moral and patriotic education of students, axiological and activity approaches that consider the dominant values of the individual as the activity basis of its socialization, cultural approach that combines the cultures of different peoples into a single cultural palette, the theory of internal and basic culture of the individual and the concept of the development of multicultural education. The research methods used are theoretical (study, comparison and analysis), empirical: observation, study of the experience of patriotic education, psychological diagnosis, systematization of the results obtained.

Pedagogical factors of formation of improvisational acting skills in amateur theatre

2021 ◽  
pp. 21-30
Author(s):  
Pavel I. Kozodaev ◽  
Ekaterina K. Titova
Keyword(s):  
Social Issues ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Creative Development ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Creative Processes ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Amateur Theater ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Creative Self

We consider some issues of modern society related to the growing trend of social and emotional isolation of the individual, changes in their worldview, leading to the degradation of thinking and intellectual abilities. There is need to search for psychological and pedagogical ways, means and methods to activate the intellectual, emotional and creative development of the individual. A possible way to solve the identified social issues is the possibility of forming a person's skills for improvisation. We consider the implementation of this process in educational and creative activities of an amateur theater group as a sphere that provides ample opportunities for creative self-realization of the individual. We define the term “improvisation” as a universal ability of the individual, which is manifested in various creative processes, as well as in many other aspects of human life. An actor forms improvisational skills in an amateur theater group due to the organization and implementation of a number of pedagogical conditions, such as: creating a climate of psychological comfort that promotes the self-disclosure of individual and creative abilities of participants in an amateur theater group; using the etude method in the process of mastering the elements of acting improvisation by an amateur actor; mastering the basics of “effective thinking” through specific training exercises. The content component of the implementation of these pedagogical conditions, according to the authors, activates the course of the described process.

scholarly journals Stereotyping of Thinking as a Cultural Knowledge Transmission Factor

2020 ◽  
pp. 92-98
Author(s):  
Vladimir Sidorenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Modern Society ◽  
Direct Consequence ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Transmission Factor ◽  
Consumer Attitude ◽  
Cultural Attitudes ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Information Components ◽  
Direct Use

Stereotyping of thinking is a direct consequence of the rapidly increasing amount of information transmitted in the system of intra-cultural and intercultural communication. Stereotyping distributes the cognitive load on categorization and systematization of cultural knowledge between subjects of communication, allowing them to save physiologically limited mental resources. Stereotyped information is more adapted for direct use in solving problems facing the individual than unprocessed volumes that require understanding. One of the functions of the stereotype is the role of a socio-cultural filter that passes only the information that is consistent with the already formed system of cognitive schemes of its recipient. From the standpoint of linguistics, the prototype theory is confirmed by the analysis of units expressing the degree of prototypicality. At the same time, stable protoand stereotypes are transformed into archetypes, this fact has both a positive and negative effect – instead of effective communication schemes in modern conditions, archetyped programs come to life. Communication schemes can activate religious and other cultural attitudes instead of the actual ones which initially were supposed to be used for solving the problem. The fundamentalism of simple images considered as cultural schemes activates the potential for rejection of proto- and stereotypes, undermining their legitimacy. In the prototype-stereotype-archetype chain, the communicative potential of information components increases along with the growth in external influence on the subject's cognitive system. At the same time, the stereotyping of cultural knowledge can be used for collective programming of a social group, determining its common vector of development. Moreover, repeatedly tested and retransmitted stereotypes pass into the category of archetypes, forming the collective basis of a cultural community. In addition to that, an increase in the dependence of an individual on the transmitted information, including stereotypical information, leads to a decrease in his creative potential, forming in modern society a consumer attitude not only to the material world but also to cultural knowledge.

scholarly journals Cultural and Aesthetic Needs as Components of the Communicative Activity

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (SPE2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alsu Saetzyanovna Khakimzyanova
Keyword(s):  
Information Needs ◽  
Social Information ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Goals And Objectives ◽  
Communicative Activity

The article considers the types of needs of the individual in the field of culture and art as a communicative component of modern society, namely, the cultural and aesthetic needs, which are based on the dissemination of social information. Social information in society is the most important condition for maintaining the activities of individual and collective entities at the level of modern requirements, goals and objectives of the individual. In the modern world, the interaction of cultures is the basis of social development and is of paramount importance, occupying a leading place in the value orientations of people. The information space creates a favorable field for the formation of personality, but also becomes an area of actual reality in which targeted influence and management of human interests, needs, beliefs and views are conducted. The basic needs of people in the field of culture and art can be considered as a way classification of their communicative activity. Developed cultural and aesthetic information needs absorb many of the highest human needs: in building a universal picture of the world and knowing those sides and phenomena that most interest a person in self-knowledge, self-education; in discussing the crucial issues of human being; in communication and self-expression in the development of their human forces and abilities.

scholarly journals Creativity as a Form of Creation of Information Epoch

2020 ◽  
pp. 96-101
Author(s):  
Alisa Kostiuk
Keyword(s):  
Information Society ◽  
Information Age ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Creative Activity ◽  
Focus On Results ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Creative Self ◽  
Favorable Conditions ◽  
Individual Self

The article is devoted to the analysis of the categories "creativity" and "creativity" in the context of modern society. The main resource in the modern era is the knowledge of the individual, his ability to creative activity. In turn, the increasing role of knowledge and information leads to an emphasis on the creative nature of activities, which are now associated with the process of individual self-realization and the study of favorable conditions for creativity. The author explores the process of transformation of creative activity, which involves the problem of simulations and determines the nature and content of this activity. The problem of simulative creativity turns into an alienation of creativity as a special way of human existence. In a simulated reality of the information society, the author characterizes a new form of creativity with the term "creativity". The study of existing approaches to the distinction between creativity and creativity leads to the definition of creativity as a form of creativity of the modern information age. The content of the concept of "creativity" corresponds to the conditions of modern society where the transformation of creative activity takes place. Creativity is a kind of "response" to the "challenge" of the information society regarding creativity. The information age opens up wide scope for creative self-realization but at the same time it sets the task for a person to form certain methods, which he could use to actualize himself as a creative person that meets the needs of the era. The new "challenge" of society is, according to the author, the return of the process of determining importance in creative activity, because focus on results turns into a depreciation of the process. A "response" to this "challenge" will mean a transition from creativity to creativity at a higher level, which is possible in the context of addressing the concept of "active life".

scholarly journals CHILDBIRTH POSTPONEMENT AND AGE-RELATED INFERTILITY IN SERBIA

2021 ◽  
pp. 097
Author(s):  
Petar Vasić
Keyword(s):  
Modern Society ◽  
Age At First Birth ◽  
Individual Choice ◽  
Reproductive Choice ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Cohort Fertility ◽  
Period Data ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Individual

Childbirth postponement has been a widely discussed topic since the 1990s, and was pushed to the top of the demographic agenda with the emergence of the Second Demographic Transition (SDT) paradigm. Mechanisms of childbirth postponement mostly explained by economists or sociologists were understood as rational-based decisions of individuals (or couples) trying to cope with the requirements of modern society. These mechanisms explained by income and consumption rationale (Becker, Modigliani), or by liberal and postmodern values (Van de Kaa, Lestheage), barely mention the physiological limitations of the individual choice. These limitations given by the human species reproductive span, with no exception, affect everyone trying to make an optimal reproductive choice. There are two main effects of fertility postponement on births and fertility rates. The first effect arises when couples postpone childbearing to a later age during a certain period and fewer births take place than in the absence of such postponement – the ‘tempo effect’. The second is a negative effect of fertility postponement on completed fertility and increased childlessness attributable to the age-related increase in infertility. This second negative effect in particular is our field of interest. The decline in cohort fertility due to postponement has been mostly studied using data on age at first birth and subsequent fertility, as well as models of fecundity, pregnancy loss and time to conception by age, which we will try to apply to the period data. Using period data, we will try to quantify the potential number of births that would occur in the absence of childbirth postponement in Serbia during the past two decades.

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