MODEL OF THE UNIVERSE IN CELTIC FOLKLORE

The article discusses distinctive features of the model of universe, actualized in Celtic mythological texts. The authors describe the dualism of folk beliefs and the permeability of the border between “this” and “another” worlds; they analyze the language means representing the concepts of “border” and “portal”.

DEVELOPMENT OF DIALECTIC THINKING IN THE SPACEOF LANGUAGE AND CULTURE STUDY IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION

The article discusses the problems of language competence development in the context of applying structural-dialectical approach. The author uses the method of constructing dialectical tasks which form the space of opportunities for the use of dialectical mental actions.

THE SOCIOPRAGMATIC ASPECT OF VERNACULAR (BASED ON CH.DICKENS'S NOVEL "THE PICKWICK PAPERS")

The article explores the linguistic characteristics of various social groups through the socio- and pragmalinguistic aspects in the work of the English novelist Ch. Dickens «The Pickwick Papers». The authors analyzed and systematized the data obtained in the course of comparing the speech of people with different social status.

CROSS-CULTURAL SPECIFICS OF EASTERN-ASIATIC ENGLISH PRESS

The article envisages the content and cultural specifics of contemporary Eastern-Asiatic press in the English language to differentiate its place in socio-political life of China, Japan and Korea in the situation of cross-cultural interaction with Anglophone societies.

LANGUAGE AND SYMBOL IN THE INFORMATION AGE: "TURBULENCE" OF MEANINGS

The article is focused on processes of language and symbol functioning in the information age. The author analyzes linguistic and symbolic aspects of information society culture and concludes that the modern human lives in a situation of semantic “turbulence”: continuous change of linguistic and symbolic forms, information overload and changing modes of total communication.

EUPHEMIA AS A LANGUAGE PHENOMENON: WORD-FORMATIVE ASPECT

We present a mixed classification of German euphemisms based on the analysis and synthesis of previous classifications based on the material of English, German and Russian languages and abstraction and unification of the revealed linguistic facts. The presented classification distinguishes between lexical-semantic (with 8 types), morphological (with 4 types) and complex (2 types) methods of euphemisms formation.

AUTHOR NEOLOGISMS IN POETRY OF E. M. REMARQUE

The article discusses issues related to the distinctive features of neologisms, occasionalisms and author words on the example of the poetic heritage of the world famous writer E.M. Remarque.

SOME ASPECTS OF TEACHING THE JAPANESE LANGUAGEIN THE NORTH-EASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY

In this article, the authors consider some aspects of teaching the Japanese language in an unnatural language environment, using the example of the philological faculty of Nizhny Novgorod State University. The article summarizes the experience of a native Japanese teacher, notes both the positive aspects (creating the conditions of the language environment) and the difficulties that participants in the educational process encounter (relevance of the content of educational materials; level of students' independence in learning). In addition, one of the authors notes the fact that the Japanese language teaching methodology shows tendencies towards the widespread use of IT technologies, as well as online educational platforms for the development, primarily, of students' communication skills.

"I ALMOST GOT SICK" ABOUT THE END OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND THE MEMORY OF WESTERN CULTURE "EIN FLAUES GEFÜHL IM MAGEN" ZUM ENDE DES ERSTEN WELTKRIEGES 1918 UND DER WESTLICHEN ERINNERUNGSKULTUR

The article raises the problems associated with the concept of the First World War and its dynamics in the West European cultural space, often driven by political reasoning, but not by historical facts.