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List of publications on a keyword: «text analysis»

  • Linguistic-Axiological Peculiarities of Fiction as a Translatological Issue (Based on Short Stories by Ghanaian Writer Ama Ata Aidoo)

    Research Article
    Ethnic Culture Volume 7 No 3
    Author:
    Artem I. Yakovlev
    Work direction:
    World languages and literature
    Abstract:
    The article is devoted to linguistic analysis of two short stories by Ghanaian writer Ama Ata Aidoo from the standpoint of linguistic axiology and translation studies. The research helps identify language and text markers of the author’s expressive means in 20 contexts taken from the short stories “For Whom Things Did not Change” and “Other Versions” from the short story collection “No Sweetness Here”. The axiologically filled contexts are identified based on the writer’s system of values as outlined by Russian and foreign literary critics. The research suggests that it is possible to delineate various language units functioning on all levels of the language – from phonology and graphics up to syntax. The axiologically marked units are then analysed from the perspective of translation studies in order to understand how the writer’s system of values can be expressed while translating her works into the Russian language. It is noteworthy that Ama Ata Aidoo uses a wide range of expressive means, often combining them, in order to convey her system of values. She also uses intertextual elements and titles for the same purpose. That said, the Russian translations of these short stories significantly transform the original texts, with some of these transformations being rather questionable. Nonetheless, the research makes it possible to assume that the system of transformations undertaken by translators helps them achieve the transmission of Ama Ata Aidoo’s values in Russian texts rather successfully.
    Keywords:
    text analysis, linguistic stylistics, linguistic axiology, literary texts, translation of literary works, Ghanaian literature
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  • Formation of reading literacy of modern schoolchildren as a didactic problem (regional aspect)

    Research Article
    Development of education Volume 7 No 2
    Authors:
    Anastasia V. Koreneva, Inna V. Ryzhkova
    Work direction:
    Pedagogy and Modern Education
    Abstract:
    The article is devoted to the urgent problem of formation of reading literacy of modern schoolchildren, which is interpreted as the most important type of functional literacy, based on the ability to operate various types of texts, understanding their deep meaning and correct interpretation. The authors reveal the specifics of the formation of reading literacy in Russian language classes, using regionally colored texts as a meaning-forming content component. The materials of the article reflect the data of the pedagogical experiment, which allows to adjust the methodological strategies of the teacher in a significant way. The authors state that despite the need to comply with the normative requirements set forth in the updated FSES, modern teachers do not work on the formation of functional literacy in the system. A comprehensive analysis of the educational results of the educational process allowed the authors of the article to argue that the content basis of lessons aimed at the formation of functional literacy can be regionally colored texts that allow building lines of in-depth dialogue against the background of understanding the meanings of the culture of the small homeland.
    Keywords:
    regional component, quality of education, reading literacy, text analysis, functional literacy, educational outcomes, lesson design, academic failure, cognitive motivation of schoolchildren
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  • Using methods of business discourse analysis in ESL

    Proceeding
    The Topical Issues of the Humanities and Social Sciences: from Theory to Practice
    Author:
    Elena P. Kazakova
    Work direction:
    Филология в системе образования
    Abstract:
    В статье рассматривается целесообразность применения элементов анализа дискурса на занятиях по английскому языку со студентами неязыковых вузов. Автор делает обзор научных взглядов на понятие дискурса, перечисляет различные определения данного явления, описывает практикуемый в отечественных языковых вузах анализ текста на основе функциональных стилей английского языка и приводит аргументы в пользу включения дискурс-анализа в программу обучения английскому языку для студентов неязыковых специальностей.
    Keywords:
    phraseological unit, metaphor, text analysis, business discourse, figurative language, discourse analysis, functional style, figures of speech
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  • Specifics of mastering a foreign language (english) by students studying at the training department of “public and municipal administraion”

    Review Article
    Development of education Volume 6 No 1
    Author:
    Olga N. Selezneva
    Work direction:
    Pedagogy and Modern Education
    Abstract:
    The article deals with a vital problem of the specifics while mastering a foreign language (English) by the students studying at the training department of “Public and municipal administration”. The aim of this scientific article is to analyze the peculiarities of studying a foreign language by students of management specialties, which can allow one to explore English-language sources with a complex vocabulary and conceptual apparatus. The author of the article uses theoretical and empirical research methods. The research material is the content of professional training, while the means of education are authentic English texts of professional subjects, allowing students to master international terminological tools. The results of the research show the need to develop critical, analytical thinking among the students, in addition to mastering the general course of a foreign language (English). The scientific direction of ESAP is depicted in the article, which allows professional and language skills’ teaching in a specific disciplinary context. It can be concluded that the attention of the students studying a foreign language in the direction of preparation 'State and municipal management' should be focused on various types of analysis, such as logical, comparative, lexical and terminological, contextual ones, which, in turn, can require critical and analytical thinking development, selection of information, its processing, interpretation, as well as its adequate use.
    Keywords:
    language skills, critical thinking, text analysis, ESAP, foreign language (English), academic study skills
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  • Positional Vision of Poetic Text Structures as a Tool of Interpretation (Based on the Poems of Joseph Brodsky)

    Book Chapter
    Questions of Education and Psychology
    Author:
    Roman V. Zabashta
    Work direction:
    Глава 1. Теоретические аспекты образования
    Abstract:
    The article is devoted to the application of the positional vision of the structures of a literary text to the categorical apparatus of the functional theory of text. The relevance of the problem under consideration is explained by the need to systematize the methodological concepts of various concepts in modern Russian studies and to develop, on this basis, methodological recommendations that can improve the use of the textocentric approach with focus on school education. The article uses philological methods of modern text theory, in particular, structural theory of text (Yu. M. Lotman), stylistic analysis of a literary text (N. A. Rudiakov), linguistic tool studies (A. N. Rudiakov), methods of highlighting intense positions of text (I. V. Arnold), some ideas of communicative stylistics (N. S. Bolotnova), as well as original author's methods. The study material are presented by poems by Joseph Brodsky: «Vse chuzhdo v dome novomu zhiltcu…» (1962), «V derevne Bog zhivet ne po uglam…» (1964 ) and «Ty ne skazhesh komaru…» (1991), the experience of the interpretation of which made it possible to illustrate the epistemological effectiveness of the positional approach. The results of the research allow us to systematize the ideas about the basic principles of linguistic and hermeneutical description of a literary text. Modeling of the functional relationship between the conceptual information of a poetic text and its significant components, identified when using the concept of "strong position of the text", is possible by applying a General regulatory understanding of language activity, which is based on the approach to language as a tool for speech influence on the individual picture of the recipient's world. The conclusions reached by the author of the article make it possible to clarify the basic concepts of the functional theory of text related to the interpretation of the elements of the individual author's world picture in the literary text and also to offer a methodological basis for applying linguistic knowledge to the issues of text analysis in school practice.
    Keywords:
    literary text, functional theory of text, regulatory function, textual position, stylistic text analysis, individual author's world picture
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