Vol. 26 No. 1 (32) (2022)

The present paper aims at creating a theoretical framework for the study of sarcasm as an independent pragmatic category of nonliteral language. The analysis into the existing theories on sarcasm has revealed that there is a need to create a more comprehensive framework to give a holistic understanding of sarcasm as a linguistic and pragmalinguistic phenomenon. Despite numerous studies on the subject, linguistic sarcasm research is still in its early stages. The paper addresses the fundamental definitions and characteristics of the concept of sarcasm, which are necessary for a better understanding of how sarcasm emerges and materializes as a form of nonliteral language.

The aim of the present paper is to analyze the pragmatic theories of irony and sarcasm, namely, the Cooperative Principle, the Standard Pragmatic Model, the Echoic Mention Theory, the Pretense Theory, and the Echoic Reminder Theory to demonstrate the pragmatic understanding of sarcasm in theoretical studies, and to develop a relevant model for sarcasm interpretation applicable in various contexts. The introduced features of the presented models allow us to highlight some challenging aspects of the pragmatic insights of sarcasm. Several examples from academic studies, fiction, TV series, and TedTalk videos are analyzed to examine the suggested frameworks in terms of pragmatic comprehension of sarcastic language and single out a combined model of sarcasm analysis to assist further practical research.

Manipulation through different media platforms can immediately span practically every element of human life since it attracts, maintains and processes human attention very quickly. This unparalleled technical potential for propaganda and manipulation on social networks can be realized through different language means that may be utilized to influence others. In this paper, our main task will be to find out how manipulation in media is realized through the morpho-syntactic properties of language.

In media-political discourse, the implementation of certain tactics and techniques of realizing manipulation from the stylistic aspect of the language is important for consideration. Nowadays, there are lots of social media platforms where people can get information from, and in all senses, the same event, specifically political, happens to be illustrated differently by journalists to hold the interest of the reader depending on their intention. Those tactics and techniques can be used to make speech richer, more impressive and powerful in nature. At the same time, those devices are used to manipulate the crowd and gain as many supporters as possible by persuading to follow them and gain more click baits.
In this paper, our object of investigation is the analysis of media articles through the linguo-stylistic method of analysis, via which, we will be able to detect those expressive means and stylistic devices that can be manipulative in the context of the articles.

The paper deals with the study of psycholinguistic aspects of linguistic consciousness, which is a means of speakers’ verbal expression. The most significant function of linguistic consciousness is the cognition and reflection of objective reality. The estimation of concepts and the use of categorial constructions are vividly expressed in associative links. This is the reason why we need to study the structure of consciousness before expanding on the nature of linguistic consciousness.

The paper discusses the genre of anecdote, which is of particular interest to communicative linguistics as a special source for the study of models of communicative behaviour, which makes it possible to identify sociocultural stereotypes. An anecdote is not just a humorous text, but also a precedent text with a peculiar structure and various ways of implementing a comic effect.

The paper reveals the concept of diplomatic document, examines the basic types of diplomatic documents associated, first of all, with their functions and target audience. A significant number of diplomatic documents addressing the potential problems of international life are widely published and have a serious impact on the image of the state in the world arena. Diplomatic correspondence is conducted in accordance with the traditional rules of protocol, which have been developed over the years and are now accepted everywhere. Diplomatic communication is aimed not only at an objective description of the situation, but also at influencing and establishing cooperation.

The present paper is an attempt to analyze the intermediary role of Russian while teaching English in a content-based language classroom. Special attention is paid to grammatical, syntactic, and semantic similarities and differences as well as to the use of cognates which impact language performance and may at times cause ambiguities. The paper also addresses some issues of the interconnectedness of language and culture in the contemporary world.

The present paper touches upon the peculiarities of teaching English in military educational institutions. It covers the distinctive features of the target group students. In the frame of the “adult learner” the paper discusses the particular advantages and disadvantages of the target group as a language learner.

The present paper discusses the importance of translation in the teaching process of foreign languages. Although a number of new teaching methods and versions of testing and training learners have been elaborated, translation continues to remain one of the key methods and tools for teaching and developing language skills. Alongside with other methods that help to develop different language skills, translation plays a pivotal role in deepening the knowledge of the language (vocabulary, grammar).

This paper focuses on the discussion of linguistic errors and their role in the process of learning as a foreign language. The existing approaches to the problem under discussion are examined, the point of views of different researchers are compared. Linguistic errors in the written speech of students studying the French at the A2-B1 level at Yerevan State University are analyzed and classified, and practical methods of their correction are discussed.

The paper is dedicated to the prominent thinker, writer J. L. Borges's reference to the Japanese cultural tradition in literature, its plots and characters, as well as the Japanese version of Buddhism, which is widespread in the East, the philosophical understanding of Zen-Buddhist teachings. The great Argentine writer and culturologist J. L. Borges touches upon a number of main motives of Japanese culture, such as the emotional layers of poetry, modern stylistic features, episodes of the epic past, psychological depth, honour, etc.

When talking about Nabokov as an expatriate, it should be understood that he was exiled from Soviet Russia and that his fiction expresses the reactions of the disappeared world as a means of compensation for leaving home unplanned. Even though “exile” usually evokes negative thoughts – loss, rejection, denial, misfortune and hardship – it can also be liberating. Nabokov is an example of an exiled writer who enjoyed having a whole new world in front of him to study, to use it as a mirror to confront the old world and his past. His fiction, in general, seems to prove it.

The work of Chuck Palahniuk, a modern American writer, a bright and original representative of transgressive prose, arouses not only great readership, but also scientific interest. Released in 2020, the collection “Consider This” is a fascinating and educational guide for the aspiring writer. A book a year is a challenge that Palahniuk himself accepted, whose work is constantly in the focus of attention of literary criticism. Choosing a concept metaphor as a plot, Palahniuk reveals to the reader the most burning problems of the modern world. In this context, the writer's diptych “The Damned” and “The Doomed” intended for continuation is of particular interest and provides an opportunity for variable interpretations.