http://hdl.handle.net/11089/41015 2026-04-04T05:39:17Z 2026-04-04T05:39:17Z Lykova, Olga Gordeev, Denis http://hdl.handle.net/11089/41085 2022-03-11T03:10:12Z 2021-03-30T00:00:00Z

A Comparative Analysis of the Semantic Field of ‘deception’: A Case Study Of Russian And American Imageboard Messages Lykova, Olga; Gordeev, Denis This article uses the material of anonymous Internet forums to analyse the semantic field of deception by the instrumentality of artificial neural networks. Two major imageboards were investigated: 2ch.hk and 4chan.org, being the most popular Russian and American imageboards. For the experiment an algorithm called Word2vec was used to examine 30 million word usages for either of the languages. This analysis revealed 10 words with the greatest semantic proximity to terms from semantic fields of «deception» for Russian and American English. The results showed the tendency among native Russian imageboard users to link the concept of deception with religion and spiritual sphere, while American forum users associate deception with politics and related concepts.

2021-03-30T00:00:00Z Ivanova, Natalia K. Merkulova, Nadezhda E. http://hdl.handle.net/11089/41084 2022-03-11T03:10:20Z 2021-03-30T00:00:00Z

New English Words for Describing the International English as a Current World Language Reality Ivanova, Natalia K.; Merkulova, Nadezhda E. The evolution of the English language, its changing in the situation of language contacts and functioning of English as an international means of communication have created a need for a more systematic analysis of related phenomena. In this paper, new English words which apparently appeared due to globalization and internationalization, have been considered. On the basis of authoritative theoretical approaches and several e-dictionaries, the words selected by means of continuous sampling method (more than 200 units) were analysed in terms of their semantics, morphology and spelling. Then they were classified into several thematic groups: 1) new words for naming natural and artificial versions of current English; 2) words classified with regard to social accents and dialects; 3) neologisms that reflect the English language domain and its interaction with indigenous languages. The morphological analysis revealed the application of different processes of word-formation, including neologisms and forms created according to traditional English patterns. Sometimes play on words and homo-acronyms were used in order to reinforce the meaning and connotation. Compounding and blending were found to be the most productive means of words formation within the corpus, and stylistic neologisms, used to mark a certain underlying sense proved to be the second most frequent process. It is demonstrated that studying of the currently active processes of word formation in the English language used as an international communication tool emphasizes the interdisciplinary aspect of such research programs.

2021-03-30T00:00:00Z Włodarczyk, Mateusz http://hdl.handle.net/11089/41083 2022-03-11T03:10:18Z 2021-03-30T00:00:00Z

Processing Presuppositions. Are Implicative Verbs Soft Triggers? Włodarczyk, Mateusz This paper investigates the question whether implicative verbs should be considered as soft presupposition triggers, i.e., as triggers activating optional context repairs. I present the results of an experiment in which test subjects were asked to read short dialogues containing either presupposition triggers or conversational implicatures and, next, answer the questions regarding the information communicated on the level of presupposition or implicatures, respectively. The results of within-subject ANOVA show that presuppositions activated by the use of implicative verbs are significantly less accessible and illicit significantly longer response times than presuppositions activated by the use of hard triggers, suggesting that they can be classified as soft presupposition triggers. The obtained results also show that presuppositions activated by the use of different triggers are heterogenous in regards to the accessibility of information.

2021-03-30T00:00:00Z Waliński, Jacek T. http://hdl.handle.net/11089/41082 2022-03-11T03:10:15Z 2021-03-30T00:00:00Z

Time Metaphorization: Duality of Time as a Pursuer vis-à-vis Object of Pursuit Waliński, Jacek T. This paper discusses the duality of metaphorical conceptualizations of time focusing in particular on time as a pursuerand time as an object of pursuit metaphors, which are based the Figure–Ground reversal of each other. Using examples taken from the British National Corpus, it argues that these metaphorical conceptualizations of time are inconsistent with each other. This inconsistency resembles the discrepancy between the moving time and moving observer metaphors, which are, in strict terms, also inconsistent with each other. Looking at such contrasts between metaphorical representations of time from a broader perspective suggests that the concept of time arises from different, both physical and socio-cultural, dimensions of human experience.

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