Professors Journal.
Series: Russian language and literature.
№ 4 (16) 2023

Contents

The Context of Modern Russian Political Discourse

• Dmitry Gudkov — Doctor of Sciences in Philology, Full Professor, Lomonosov Moscow State University. E-mail: dmi-gudkov@rambler.ru

Abstract: The article is devoted to the culturally and historically conditioned circumstances of the existence of modern Russian political speech, among which the following stand out: the collapse of the integrity of discourse, the relativization of the semantics of key concepts of Russian linguistic culture, the carnivalization of political communication. Special attention is paid to the dominance of the semiosphere over real being, leading to endless operations with signifiers, not affecting the signified, constant language game. The question of active marginalization of linear-textual thinking is raised.

Key words: political discourse, relativization of semantics, cognitive base, precedent phenomenon, semiosphere.

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The Frame ‘Loneliness’ in Russian Language Consciousness: Linguo-cognitive Approach

• Xin Luming — Post-graduate student, Saint Petersburg State University. E-mail: felixchung19122@hotmail.com

Abstract: The article attempts a linguo-cognitive analysis of the frame «loneliness» based on the results of the free associative chain experiment and on the language material of the National Corpus of the Russian Language. Ten slots and their terminals are distinguished and identified in the given frame structure, a schematized model of the frame is presented, and the hypothesis of a three-variant conceptualization of solitude in the Russian language consciousness is proposed: interpersonal, intrapersonal and existential loneliness.

Key words: frame, slot, terminal, associate, context, loneliness.

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On the Instrumental Singular Case Forms in N.M. Karamzin’s Prose

• Stepan G. Mamechkov — PhD in Philology, Lomonosov Moscow State University. E-mail: mamechkov@list.ru

Abstract: The article deals with the distribution of monosyllabic and two-syllable endings distribution of Instrumental singular case in N.M. Karamzin’s prose. The article finds out whether Karamzin is an archaist or an innovator. Although, in general, Karamzin has a tendency to write as they say, has the orientation to colloquial speech of the nobility, our research has shown that in the distribution of monosyllabic and two-syllable endings Karamzin is rather archaic than an innovator.

Key words: the language of the 18th — 19th centuries fiction, the language of Karamzin’s fiction, two-syllable and monosyllabic endings of Instrumental singular case.

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With a View of the Industrial Zone: E. Limonov’s Novel ‘V Syrah’

• Ilya Nichiporov — Doctor of Sciences in Philology, Professor, Lomonosov Moscow State University. E-mail: il-boris@yandex.ru

Abstract: The article is devoted to modern literary material — E. Limonov’s novel «V Syrah» (2012) as a remarkable and little-studied example of the writer’s late autobiographical prose. The image of an old Moscow industrial zone is considered, where social and everyday details receive mythopoetic interpretation. Against this background, the hero’s confessional self-disclosure takes place as a thinker, a radical politician, a daring interpreter of world culture, a passionate connoisseur of female physicality. Conclusions about the correlation of social history and personal experience of the narrator characteristic of this work are drawn.

Key words: Limonov, autobiographical discourse, mythopoetics, social mask, life creation.

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Attribution Issues in ‘Chekhovsky Vestnik’

• Alexander Denisov — Post-graduate student, Lomonosov Moscow State University. E-mail: audenisov@mail.ru

Abstract: The article analyzes the role of attribution issues in «Chekhovsky vestnik» (founded in 1997) and the value of textual criticism in contemporary Chekhov studies. The fact of relative unpopularity of textological research among contemporary Chekhov researchers is stated, three articles published in «Chekhovsky vestnik» and concerning attribution issues (attribution of the short novel «One and a half hundred miles» that was erroneously attributed to Anton Chekhov and attribution of essays from the series «Among the lovely Muscovites» that were published in the journal «Budilnik» in 1885) are analyzed, a guess why textual criticism is relatively unpopular in contemporary Chekhov studies was made.

Key words: Anton Chekhov, «Chekhovsky Vestnik», contemporary Chekhov studies, attribution, textual criticism.

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Some Aspects of Developing Sociocultural Competence of Bachelor Students Who Study Linguistics as Their Profession

• Nadezhda V. Gorobinskaya — PhD in Pedagogy, Associate Professor, Moscow Pedagogical State University. E-mail: ngorobinskaya@yandex.ru

Abstract: The article aims at describing teaching goals, learning content, organizational and diagnostic aspects of developing sociocultural competence of bachelor students who study linguistics as their future profession. The author gives special attention to some ways of developing sociocultural competence in foreign language classes, for example step-by-step work with authentic publicist texts, playing communicative games, learning phraseological units, toponyms and anthroponyms. The introduced brief contrastive analysis of the main approaches to selecting publicist texts can help an instructor in solving the problem of choosing the selection criteria for the teaching purpose.

Key words: methods of teaching foreign languages, sociocultural competence, communicative games, phraseological units, toponyms, anthroponyms, journalistic text.

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Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language Migrants within the Framework of an Ethnooriented Methodology

• Angela V. Dolzhikova — PhD in Chemistry, Associate Professor, Director of the Institute of the Russian Language, Patrice Lumumba Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia. E-mail: dolzhikova-av@rudn.ru

Abstract: This article is devoted to the ethnooriented approach to teaching Russian language migrants, when the researcher relies not only on ethnotypes, but also on individual images of the world of a linguistic personality as a representative of a certain ethnic community. The ethno-oriented methodology may be supplemented by the results of a study of the onto-linguistic level of a linguistic personality, focused on language biographies and speech portraits of real communication prototypes, explicating data on dynamic changes in the «language life» of not only individuals, but also ethno-cultural communities.

Key words: Russian as a foreign language, ethno-oriented teaching Russian as a foreign language, linguistic personality, migrant education.

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Implementation of the Text-based Approach to Language Teaching in Russian Language Textbooks for Schools with Kyrgyz-Medium of Instruction

• Anastasiia Iu. Aleksinskaia — Junior research scientist, Interuniversity center of bilingual and multicultural education, The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia. E-mail: alexnastja2014@gmail.com
• Victoria A. Bulatova — Acting Associate Professor, International University of Central Asia; Kyrgyz Academy of Education. E-mail: vika_bulatova@mail.ru
• Lola M. Samatova — PhD in Pedagogy, research scientist, Interuniversity center of bilingual and multicultural education, The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia. E-mail: Samatova@yandex.ru

Abstract: The article substantiates the text-based principle of language material presentation in the Russian language textbook for schools with a native (Kyrgyz) language of education. The implementation of this principle is a basis for learning Russian functional grammar, development of all speech activities, cognitive formation, socio-cultural competence development and intercultural communication. The key requirements for text work organization for schoolchildren are outlined and illustrated on the example of the 3rd grade textbook.

Key words: level-based approach, text-based principle, reading, sociocultural orientation, dialogue of cultures.

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Review of the Textbook by E. Berg ‘Resonance: Russian for Beginners. Book 2’, Seattle, 2023, 380 pages

• Nadezhda Grobova — Senior Lecturer, V.F. Yakovlev Urals State Law University. E-mail: rki100know@yahoo.com

Abstract: The book under review is a second part of the textbook «Resonance» for beginners who study Russian as a Foreign Language (RFL). The review underlines the comprehensive explanations of the grammar and lexicon introduced in the book, which are usually omitted in the vast majority of RFL books, and the contemporary nature of the book. Also, the book structure is outlined, as well as a brief description of the web-based supplement to this book. The review includes an analysis of the methodological recommendations to the teachers offered in the textbook. It also highlights the importance of full-color illustrations introduced in the book and aimed at enhancing its didactical value and facilitating the learning process.

Key words: Russian as a foreign language, textbook on Russian as a foreign language, teaching Russian as a foreign language, teaching methods for Russian as a foreign language.