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The article documents the changing perceptions of the global religious landscape among Russian native speakers by analysing changes in the number of Russian nouns denoting the religious affiliation of the people they refer to. The research is based on the comparison of the Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language of the Early 21st Century – Contemporary Vocabulary, edited by G. N. Sklyarevskaya, and Ozhegov's Dictionary, one of the most popular dictionaries of the Soviet period. The article also suggests reasons for the absence of certain lexicons in the dictionary of the Soviet era. Words denoting practitioners of Islam are one of the main focal points of this study. The ascending role of Islam in global politics, and the increasing attention paid to schisms within this religion, have created a demand for precise definitions of the various concepts of Islam. To capture this linguistic development, we have analysed the relationships and semantic connections among the words мусульманин, правоверный, исламист, ваххабит, шахид, and other words whose meanings contain an Islamic component. We conclude that dictionaries tend to capture the everyday meanings of words, which are often a product of only a superficial grasp of the underlying concept and commonly formed on the basis of mass media discourse, which, in turn, is subject to uncertainties of meaning. The limited set of contextual components attached to words denoting religious concepts speaks to the fact that the understanding of the current religious situation and its ongoing developments is rather vague among Russian native speakers.

The article documents the changing perceptions of the global religious landscape among Russian native speakers by analysing changes in the number of Russian nouns denoting the religious affiliation of the people they refer to. The research is based on the comparison of the Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language of the Early 21st Century – Contemporary Vocabulary, edited by G. N. Sklyarevskaya, and Ozhegov's Dictionary, one of the most popular dictionaries of the Soviet period. The article also suggests reasons for the absence of certain lexicons in the dictionary of the Soviet era. Words denoting practitioners of Islam are one of the main focal points of this study. The ascending role of Islam in global politics, and the increasing attention paid to schisms within this religion, have created a demand for precise definitions of the various concepts of Islam. To capture this linguistic development, we have analysed the relationships and semantic connections among the words мусульманин, правоверный, исламист, ваххабит, шахид, and other words whose meanings contain an Islamic component. We conclude that dictionaries tend to capture the everyday meanings of words, which are often a product of only a superficial grasp of the underlying concept and commonly formed on the basis of mass media discourse, which, in turn, is subject to uncertainties of meaning. The limited set of contextual components attached to words denoting religious concepts speaks to the fact that the understanding of the current religious situation and its ongoing developments is rather vague among Russian native speakers.

The article documents the changing perceptions of the global religious landscape among Russian native speakers by analysing changes in the number of Russian nouns denoting the religious affiliation of the people they refer to. The research is based on the comparison of the Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language of the Early 21st Century – Contemporary Vocabulary, edited by G. N. Sklyarevskaya, and Ozhegov's Dictionary, one of the most popular dictionaries of the Soviet period. The article also suggests reasons for the absence of certain lexicons in the dictionary of the Soviet era. Words denoting practitioners of Islam are one of the main focal points of this study. The ascending role of Islam in global politics, and the increasing attention paid to schisms within this religion, have created a demand for precise definitions of the various concepts of Islam. To capture this linguistic development, we have analysed the relationships and semantic connections among the words мусульманин, правоверный, исламист, ваххабит, шахид, and other words whose meanings contain an Islamic component. We conclude that dictionaries tend to capture the everyday meanings of words, which are often a product of only a superficial grasp of the underlying concept and commonly formed on the basis of mass media discourse, which, in turn, is subject to uncertainties of meaning. The limited set of contextual components attached to words denoting religious concepts speaks to the fact that the understanding of the current religious situation and its ongoing developments is rather vague among Russian native speakers.

The article documents the changing perceptions of the global religious landscape among Russian native speakers by analysing changes in the number of Russian nouns denoting the religious affiliation of the people they refer to. The research is based on the comparison of the Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language of the Early 21st Century – Contemporary Vocabulary, edited by G. N. Sklyarevskaya, and Ozhegov's Dictionary, one of the most popular dictionaries of the Soviet period. The article also suggests reasons for the absence of certain lexicons in the dictionary of the Soviet era. Words denoting practitioners of Islam are one of the main focal points of this study. The ascending role of Islam in global politics, and the increasing attention paid to schisms within this religion, have created a demand for precise definitions of the various concepts of Islam. To capture this linguistic development, we have analysed the relationships and semantic connections among the words мусульманин, правоверный, исламист, ваххабит, шахид, and other words whose meanings contain an Islamic component. We conclude that dictionaries tend to capture the everyday meanings of words, which are often a product of only a superficial grasp of the underlying concept and commonly formed on the basis of mass media discourse, which, in turn, is subject to uncertainties of meaning. The limited set of contextual components attached to words denoting religious concepts speaks to the fact that the understanding of the current religious situation and its ongoing developments is rather vague among Russian native speakers.

The article attempts to compare nouns expressing family relations in Armenian, Italian and English, and to identify the social foundations of their existence. The research methodology is based on the theoretical approaches of sociologists E. Giddens and B. Bernstein, which allow us to explain a number of thematic research issues. The article provides a comparative table of nouns expressing family relations in the three languages ​​under consideration, and gives a detailed interpretation of this in relation to a number of social characteristics

Abstract Even though the distinction between nouns and verbs is generally considered to be universal, it has been argued for some languages of Northern North America that they lack this distinction. The main argument for such assertion is that in these languages lexemes denoting entities and lexemes denoting actions receive the same markers, when used as predicates. Guató, an isolate from South America, exhibits a similar phenomenon. In Guató, lexemes considered nouns receive the same subject markers as intransitive verbs do, when they occur in predicative function. Moreover, nouns and verbs share other morphosyntactic features. This article aims to describe and to compare the morphosyntactic behavior of Guató nouns and verbs, pointing out similarities and differences between them.

The article documents the changing perceptions of the global religious landscape among Russian native speakers by analysing changes in the number of Russian nouns denoting the religious affiliation of the people they refer to. The research is based on the comparison of the Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language of the Early 21st Century – Contemporary Vocabulary, edited by G. N. Sklyarevskaya, and Ozhegov's Dictionary, one of the most popular dictionaries of the Soviet period.The article also suggests reasons for the absence of certain lexicons in the dictionary of the Soviet era. Words denoting practitioners of Islam are one of the main focal points of this study. The ascending role of Islam in global politics, and the increasing attention paid to schisms within this religion, have created a demand for precise definitions of the various concepts of Islam. To capture this linguistic development, we have analysed the relationships and semantic connections among the words мусульманин, правоверный, исламист, ваххабит, шахид, and other words whose meanings contain an Islamic component.We conclude that dictionaries tend to capture the everyday meanings of words, which are often a product of only a superficial grasp of the underly ing concept and commonly formed on the basis of mass media discourse, which, in turn, is subject to uncertainties of meaning. The limited set of contextual components attached to words denoting religious concepts speaks to the fact that the understanding of the current religious situation and its ongoing developments is rather vague among Russian native speakers. ; В статье рассматривается религиозная ситуация в мире, реконструируемая по данным «Толкового словаря русского языка начала XXI века», имеющего подзаголовок «Актуальная лексика», под редакцией Г. Н. Скляревской. Объект исследования – существительные со значением лица, обозначаемые по религиозной принадлежности. В ходе вычленения такой лексики (26 слов) производится сравнение с данными словаря Ожегова, одного из самых популярных словарей советского периода, описываются сферы пополнения такой лексики (словарь Ожегова содержит 14 слов) и высказываются предположения о причинах отсутствия тех или иных лексем в словаре советской эпохи.Особое внимание уделяется обозначениям представителей ислама, что обусловлено изменением роли исламской религии в современном мире. В словаре эта новая роль находит отражение в количестве слов (5), обозначающих сторонников мусульманства (в словаре Ожегова – 2), превышающем обозначения носителей другого религиозного мировоззрения. Поскольку сложная ситуация в исламском мире ставит вопрос создания точных дефиниций существенных для ислама понятий, мы пытались рассмотреть соотношение значений слов мусульманин, правоверный, исламист, ваххабит, шахид, имеющих в своем значении компонент 'ислам', и установить семантические отношения между ними.В статье делается вывод следующего характера: словарь следует за обыденным сознанием, не проникающим в суть явления, а схватывающим тот его аспект, который актуализируется дискурсами публичной коммуникации, находящимися в плену понятийных неточностей. Это говорит о том, что религиозная ситуация отражается в картине мира носителей русского языка как весьма расплывчатая, представленная только отдельными содержательными компонентами соответствующих религиозных понятий.

Nouns of Assembly: In his third solo exhibition at Sutton Gallery, Simon Terrill brings together a triptych of photographs plus a sculpture and a text piece running the length of the gallery walls. He aligns fantasy architecture of the funfair with the utopian proposition of the unrealised monument that is Tatlin's Tower. Terrill's continued exploration of gathering and crowding is extended into spaces that are presented under a utilitarian and political guise. Catalogue text by Dr Josephine Kane, Tutor in History of Design at the Royal College of Art, London.

THE CRICHEL COWN AFFAIR OF JUNE 1954 WAS BELIEVED LIKELY TO PROVE INFLUENTIAL IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BRITISH CIVIL SERVICE. STRESS HAS BEEN LAID ON THE IMPORTANCE NOT SO MUCH OF WHAT WAS DONE BUT HOW IT WAS DONE. THE POLIICAL ROW THAT THE AFFAIR CAUSED SHOWED UP A FAILURE IN THE TRADITIONAL MACHINERY FOR THE REDNESS OF GRIEVANCES IN THE BRITISH POLITICAL SYSTEM.

Introduction. The aim of the article is to determine whether syntactic behavior of linguistic unit depends on its part-of-speech identity or only its semantics. The importance of the research is determined by the absence of systematic description of the specificity of cognate words functioning in linguistics.Methodology and sources. The research deals with the cognate nouns and adjectives functioning. According to the classification of semantic types of predicates developed by A. G. Eliseeva, O. N. Seliverstova we define the researched predicates as the ones denoting state. These predicates are studied in terms of case grammar, i. e. they are compared in the aspect of an argument structure realization. In determining the semantic cases of predicates, we mainly rely on the set of semantic cases proposed by V. V. Bogdanov.Results and discussion. It is shown that the analyzed nouns, as a rule, expressing given or known information require a lower number of cases in its explicit forms which still can be implicit. The researched adjectives that usually denote new information are accompanied by a higher number of cases in a surface structure. These predicates also differ in the forms of their arguments.Conclusion. The revealed features of cognate nouns and adjectives functioning show the significant influence of the form of linguistic unit on syntactic behavior and indicate that formation of syntactic structures is not only determined by semantics.