Linguistics

The article is devoted to the consideration of the concepts of the seasons in Russian and English linguoculture in religious and symbolic aspects. Religious and symbolic components are found mainly in the associative layer of concepts. The presence of associations of a religious nature testifies to the essential role of religion in the formation of a national vision of the world. Symbolism contributes to a deeper penetration into the culture of the people, its mentality, belief system.

The article deals with the correlation of the concepts "language picture of the world", "world picture" and "conceptual picture of the world". The possibilities of reflecting the linguistic picture of the world at various language levels are shown. The national-cultural specificity of phraseological units in different languages is analyzed.

The article discusses the issues of linguistic law operating under the difficult conditions of the multinational and multilingual structure of Swiss society. Particular attention is paid to the peculiarities of conflict regulation, which sometimes arise in the opposite interests of different social groups in the country.

The article considers one of the ways of forming the word-formative metaphor in the history of the Russian language - the loss of the primary meaning of the derived word. On the basis of an analysis of extensive material, the causes of the disappearance of primary values are established, among which archaization and changing the meaning of the morpheme are the most important.

The article is devoted to the problem of studying expressions expressing emotions on the pages of the Russian press (on the basis of analytical articles and interviews).

The article deals with linguistic and extralinguistic factors affecting the development and functioning of phraseological units with the national cultural component of semantics.

In the article on the material of the genre "Presidential Addresses to the Federal Assembly", a comparative study of the specifics of the use of auxiliary communicative units in Russian and American political discourse is conducted, common and specific features are revealed in their use in the speech of political leaders.

"Mobile" jargon is a living and heterogeneous composition of the vocabulary of the Russian language, which has a number of features. The development of this linguistic phenomenon and its wide distribution among the speakers of the Russian language are conditioned by the introduction of mobile technologies in the life of modern society. Most units of this idiom are formed on the basis of metaphorical transfer. The lexemes used by the carriers of this jargon as a source of metaphorization are extremely diverse.

Речевое общение с животными в семье имеет особое значение для человека и представляет интерес для лингвистики, поскольку животные наделяются семейными ролями. В статье анализируются факты речевого взаимодействия человека с животными, а также разговоры с растениями и предметами вещного мира, выявляются речевые особенности такого общения и его влияние на семейный микроклимат.

The essence of the concept "word-forming metaphor" is disclosed in the article, the semantic potential of derivatives with metaphorical motivation is explored, the causes of derivational activity or inactivity of word-forming metaphors are revealed.