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The focus of this paper is a possible Siberian link with the Na-Dene Languages, based on cognitive lexical semantics. Dene-Yeniseian is a proposed language family consisting of the Yeniseian languages of Central Siberia and the Na-Dene languages of North-Western North America (Campbell 2011; Trombetti 1923; Vajda 2010, 2011, 2018). The paper connects semantic universals, Ket and Dene folklore, and also comparative historical linguistic research. In analyzing a group of cognates, the paper’s aim is to discuss the cultural, cognitive and pragmatic reasons that enabled these cognates to survive for several thousand years. Our main point is that factors such as the relative importance of linguistic signs in a language community, lingual conservatism of semantic universals and the distinctiveness of its referents, probable frequency with which these words were used, and their cultural symbolism in relatively similar environments significantly contributed to their survival in ethnic groups belonging to the proposed language family. Our cross-disciplinary study helps us identify the essential place of eco-ethnic material in interpreting cross-continental similarities and emphasizes the integrative role of culture. It will be argued that the eco-ethnic lexicon reflected by the Dene-Yeniseian cognates reveals several thousand years of diachronic cognitive processes.

The article aims to explore the importance of the situational context for enhancing students’ comprehension of particular phrases of the English language in their native-like use. This case study particularly focuses on situation-bound utterances and opportunities for creating relevant learning environment in the process of teaching. The authors present the results involving Russian EFL non-language-majoring students to rely on their comprehension of such phrases depending on the context. It analyses to what extent the situational context helps students comprehend and infer the meaning of SBUs in two organized ways – within and outside of the socio-cultural situation.

The traditional approaches to discourse's definition, the role of cognitive linguistics in work with literary texts on foreign languages and the translation lessons, the theoretical bases of discourse analysis, and also study of the text through a prism of cognitive approach are shown in our research paper. The method of teaching literary translation on the basis of cognitive discourse analysis of the text is also presented, given its scientific justification, which is efficiency confirmed in practice as a result of shown skilled and experimental work. Also, the system of the exercises and tasks directed on the formation of the corresponding competences is described in our research paper.

This case study deals with interpretation of situation-bound utterances (SBU) by Russian EFL linguistics students. The results of the research show the importance of a actual situational context and students’ competence in interpretation of the utterances having high dependence on socio-cultural actual situational context. The paper also takes a general look at such a linguistic phenomenon as SBUs and ways to translate and interpret them by non-native speakers of English.

The paper is devoted to the problem of the concept “painting” realization in the “Moon and sixpence” by S. Maugham. It is argued that application of cognitive discourse analysis and analysis of the conceptosphere of the literary text is helpful in overcoming difficulties in interpretation of the original literary text. Various methods of studying literary text existing in modern methodology are shown. The contribution of Russian and foreign science in determining approaches to the analysis of communicative and cognitive components of the text and application of interdisciplinary approaches and consideration of cultural aspects of literary texts of the target language are emphasized. The need for incorporating development of important translational competences into the process of carrying out cognitive-discourse analysis of the literary text is demonstrated

The article considers the changes taking place in a contemporary university under the influence of globalization processes. The authors note the following contradiction: on the one hand, according to the logic of globalization processes, “the idea of a university” today must assume a purpose to ensure a new world linguistic, cultural and national order. What choice lies in store for a university if it cannot ignore globalization processes and, at the same time, it cannot give up its national spiritual distinctiveness? A solution of the contradiction is linked to a search for new forms of existence of culture and spirituality as a humanitarian component of the university's life and the content of its “idea”. The contemporary “idea of a university” finds itself in the unity of universal and individual, global and local.

This paper analyzes the structural content of foreign language discourse. Flexibility, mobility, fluidity and self-development of the discourse are closely connected with the ability of people to retain in their memory and to momentarily elicit from it an enormous number of words necessary for the process of constant communication. Teaching a foreign language discourse as a super-complex self-developing system can be successfully improved due to the methodological technique we have elaborated and described in the paper. We explore a model of teaching that has an interdisciplinary status and is based on synergetic principles, where language, environment and linguistic personality constitute an open super-complex self-developing system with a considerable accent on personal effort.

The article deals with the problem of tolerance in the prospective of modern information sociality. The method of comparativism makes it possible to find the specifics of the status of this problem at different stages of historical development. Sociocultural approach allowed us extensively consider tolerance as a way of communicative interaction between people (in the biological, social, national, cultural plans). Due to the nature of the modern type of society, its communicative ontology, tolerance is seen as a principle indifferent towards anthropological orientations in the society organization. Tolerance is a social, but not individually personal principle of life interaction between people. However, particularly this indifference gives tolerance possibility to organize society based on democracy, law and ethical norms and to saturate all forms of human interaction with the anthropological content. In this content tolerance has both positive (tolerance is the basis of social democratic regimes) and negative (alienation and disunity of people on a personal level, the crisis of personal identity) sides.

The adaptation of works of literature has been a staple part of film production in all countries of the world. Western theories of adaptation have focused on the relationship of the film to the original text, and the vision of the director. Essentially these theories can be reduced to one question: who owns the film version: the author or the director? In Russia, the relationship between authors and director is further complicated by time, as the genre of literary adaptation has much in common with the historical film: both tell us as much about the times in which these films were made, as about the source material. Russian film adaptations of literature have consistently referred to the source text with great respect but also with an eye to their contemporary relevance. The Russian classical and Soviet literary heritage provides a rich repository of cultural values that can be celebrated in any era, but which can also comment on the mores of that era, sometimes to satirical effect. What distinguishes the Russian approach to literary adaptation is its espousal of periodization, wherein a film adaptation may reveal more about the time in which it was produced than develop the actual literary original itself., Экранизация русской литературы всегда достоверно отражает темы, мотивы и персонажи литературного оригинала. Однако они также имеют непосредственное отношение к современному периоду. Русская и советская литература представляет собой богатейшее наследие духовных ценностей, которые могут быть воспроизведены в различных культурных воплощениях в любые времена. Фильмы, снятые по мотивам литературных произведений, также могут затрагивать социально-политические процессы соответствующего периода и показать эти времена с оттенками сатиры. К тому же русский подход к экранизации литературного материала существенно отличается от англоязычного подхода, поскольку он воспроизводит и освещает не только само литературное произведение, но и социально-политический контекст того времени. Следовательно, в дореволюционном русском кино особое значение в популяризации этой «новой» формы визуального искусства имеет экранизация произведений Александра Пушкина, Льва Толстого, Николая Гоголя, Федора Достоевского. Экранизация в советском кинематографе вносит весомый вклад в становление и развитие «Золотого века» советского кино в 1920-е гг., причем фильмы «Аэлита» (1924 г.), «Шинель» (1926 г.), «Мать» (1926 г.) выделяются как шедевры киноискусства мирового масштаба. В 1930-е и 1940-е гг. в экранизациях классических литературных произведений, в частности пьес Александра Островского, литературные героини XIX в. были «завербованы» в ряды положительных героев социалистического реализма. В период хрущевской «оттепели» такие фильмы, как «Дама с собачкой» (1960 г.) и «Воскресение» (1960-1962 гг.), освещали нормы общечеловеческих ценностей и нравственности, которые особо подчеркивались в постсталинский период. В 1960-е и 1970-е гг. экранизации остались по-прежнему популярными и получали положительные критические отклики, но и показали, что советские кинорежиссеры могут воплотить на экране шедевры классической русской литературы («Война и мир», 1965-1967 гг., «Братья Карамазовы», 1968 г., «Анна Каренина», 1968 г., «Преступление и наказание», 1969 г.) так же крупномасштабно и качественно, как их голливудские коллеги. Экранизации постсоветского периода вполне отражают новые свободы тех времен, особенно в области интимных человеческих отношений, и многосерийные телевизионные экранизации последних лет («Идиот», 2003 г.; «Мастер и Маргарита», 2005 г.; «Доктор Живаго», 2006 г.) делают русское литературное наследие доступным молодому поколению. Особое место в истории и типологии русского отношения к экранизации имеет научная фантастика. Такие фильмы, как «Человек-амфибия» (1961 г.) и «Завещание Профессора Доуэля» (1984 г.), продвигают понятия советских научных инноваций, так же как «Солярис» (1972 г.) и «Сталкер» (1979 г.) Андрея Тарковского представляют собой наглядное пророческое предупреждение о пагубных последствиях для человеческой цивилизации безбожного мира, мира, где отсутствует любовь к ближнему.

This paper focuses on teaching consecutive interpreting to foreign students (in Chinese-English language pair), by means of the use of new linguistic computer technologies (LCT) and information and communication technologies (ICT). These include: Moodle, MOOC, Flipped classroom, Tag cloud, Scratch, which have the potential to train and develop skills not only directly in the process of education, but also over the further professional life, regardless of the location of future linguists and interpreters.

This paper considers the features of technical translation training using multimedia-based project activities for foreign students of the Department of Chinese. It is focused on a competence-based approach to education and takes into account the linguistic and cultural characteristics of the Chinese language. This also provides an opportunity to use communication technologies in teaching, using activities that improve knowledge in the field of translation, not only in the educational process, but also for future professional activity.

This study analyzes the efficiency of such computer programs and applications as translation quality assurance tools. These tools may be used by a translator in order to improve the quality of translation. In order to elicit advantages and disadvantages of each of them, several texts of technical and scientific subject matter were checked by means of these programs. In these texts spelling, grammatical, terminological, and other mistakes were made deliberately. General results of the research are summarized.

The article considers the specificity of the contemporary university administration, when the University is losing its classical unity and acquires plural forms of existence. Particular attention is paid to the research university, which transforms the classical university's ideas in its adaptation to the conditions of the information society. Cognitive management in the research university is a form of governance that increases its competitiveness in the globalized educational area. The most important factor bringing about cognitive management is based on the transformation of knowledge into information, when it solves the task of forming the social capital and increasing the student's cognitive competence.

In this article we will make a research concerning the role of German dialects in the modern German society, track their origin and development. We will as well study the position of High German language and observe people's attitude towards it. We will study the importance of the mother-tongue for the development of one's personality. In the times of globalization English exerts a great influence on the standard German language. Is it a dangerous tendency? Are the numerous dialects influenced as well? Through our research we will give answers to these and other questions.