Vestnik of Moscow State Linguistic University. Humanities

The purpose of this research is to analyze the linguistic representation of the tax narrative in the space of media discourse. The research material was French media texts containing expressions of anti-tax semantics of anti-tax semantics by Nicolas Pays. When working with the material, methods of continuous sampling and definitional analysis, as well as elements of discourse analysis, were used. As a result of the study, it was found that the tax narrative is realized through the representation of an imaginary viral image of Nicolas, personifying French tax fatigue. The anthropomorphic representation of an economic problem grows in the space of media discourse like a rhizome, capturing other discursive practices based on the phenomenon of intermediality.

The aim of the study is to identify the influence of the media language on changes in the codified system of modern German based on the comparative analysis of linguistic material of media discourse and the data from lexicographic sources and German language corpora. The main research methods are definitional and contextual ones. The relevance of the article is justified by the need to study the changes taking place in the German language, primarily in its lexical system, and to systematically analyze the trends in the development of the German language due to the in teraction of language and society. The research indicates a significant influence of the media on changes in the lexical system of the modern German language.

This study aims at examining the peculiarities in the functioning of the physiological state core semantic structure (according to A. Mustajoki) at the deep and surface levels in the Spanish language through a comparative analysis with a number of Russian language constructions. One of the principles of this paper is to analyse specific linguistic material selected from several Spanish language corpora and Spanish-language mass media sources (700 examples in total). The author of the study concludes that, within the semantic category under consideration, Russian and Spanish have largely identical deep structures, but in some cases, demonstrate differences in surface (syntactic) structures due to lexical asymmetry and differences in grammatical structure.

The article explores for the first time the formation of terminology of military aviation in French from the perspective of cognitive and diachronic terminological studies. The material of the study was collected from etymological and historical dictionaries, literature on the history of French aviation, technical manuals. The study highlighted the main stages of evolution of French aviation from the point of view of formation of its terminology. It was determined that terminology of this branch of the armed forces dated back to Latin, Gallic, Germanic, Roman and Greek etymons. The results of research have lexicographic and didactic significance.

This article analyzes gestures in languages of visual and spoken modalities, as well as their role in these communicative systems. The authors view gestures as an important element of spoken interaction, emphasizing their key role not only in nonverbal communication but also in the structure of sign languages. The purpose of the article is to review current trends in multimodal research, with particular attention to the comparison of gestures in the languages of the deaf and co-speech gestures in spoken languages. The article also presents several gesture types and examines their role and interaction in communication. Special focus is placed on the differences between gestures as extralinguistic means (in both spoken and sign languages) and gestures as part of linguistic systems. The material draws on interdisciplinary data and results of comparative studies. Based on the literature review, the authors conclude that multimodal studies are critical, as they clarify issues related to the role of gestures in communication across modalities.

The article explores the concept of AIDS in French political discourse using a propositional-frame method. The study aims to identify how political rhetoric shapes public perceptions of AIDS by integrating medical, social, and cultural aspects. The key propositions of the concept (causes, consequences, actions, evaluations) and the main frames – threat, struggle, and social cohesion – are examined. Special attention is given to language means of verbalization of frame structure of the concept under analysis. The results of research have showed that political discourse on AIDS in France acts not only as a description of a medical issue, but also as a tool for shaping public opinion.

The article aims to look into the workings of discursive creativity of English idioms in terms of linguistic interpretation of knowledge. The study is focused on the linguocognitive mechanisms that underlie the formation and renovation of English idiomatic neologisms that stem from codified idioms selected from modern media discourse. Cognitive modeling of their semantics shows that idiom creativity manifests the interpretative function of language, for renovation of phraseology serves to reform knowledge structures in accordance with man’s cognitive experience; it also entails further condensation of information conveyed by the idiomatic units in discourse.

The author aims to analyze from a pragmatic point of view the use of nominative sentences in economic articles published in the leading publications of the French press in recent years. This material is considered as one of the types of media discourse aimed not only at informing the reader, but also at forming his point of view. The continuous sampling method made it possible to identify the most frequent structural and semantic types of nominative sentences peculiar to this media genre. For the first time, the conditionality of each type of nominative construction was revealed both by solving certain macrostructural tasks (tasks of logical and thematic organization of the work) and the pragmatic task of argumentative influence on the reader.

The purpose of the study is to identify reminiscences from T. Gautier’s poetry and prose in N. S. Gumilyov’s poems dedicated to China. The article uses structural verse analysis (to identify the themes, motifs, and images of the poems) and comparative analysis (to compare the poems). The research material includes N. S. Gumilyov’s poems: "I Believed, I Thought...", "The Chinese Girl", the cycle "The Porcelain Pavilion", and the poem "Two Dreams". As a result of the research, the above-mentioned works revealed images and epithets that are reminiscences from the poem "Chinoiserie" and the short story "Le Рavillon sur l’eau" by T.Gautier: a Chinese girl, a gazebo (pavilion) on the water, birds, flowers, porcelain, red and yellow, – and the motif of stylization, the "toyiness" of China, which also comes from T. Gautier.

This study examines the formation of cultural identity in the context of contemporary socioeconomic and cultural transformations: the simultaneous processes of globalization and glocalization, as well as the persistent trend of digitalization of education. The study’s objective is to examine the contemporary digital space in the context of the development of value orientations and the formation of civic responsibility in the younger generation. The study’s material includes contemporary educational media, digital projects, and virtual communities. The research methods are dialectical, systemic, and structural-functional. The study revealed the axiological potential of the digital component of the educational environment.

The current issues of Russian statehood require consideration based on interdisciplinary connections, which contributes to the formation of a holistic system of traditional spiritual and moral values, specifically the sense of patriotism as a foundation for the development of a citizen of Russia. The aim of the work is to analyze the theme of the Great Patriotic War in the work “Symphony No. 7 ‘Leningrad’” by Dmitri Shostakovich in the context of types of art – music, literature, and cinema – through the lens of their representation of patriotism as a leading component. The research methods include descriptive method and discourse analysis. The material of the study consists of precedent statements about the symphony in art. As a result of the research, it is shown that the synthesis of visual images can enhance significant spiritual and value meanings.