Vol 4, No 9 (2016)

The article considers the Russian dialect words used to talk about wedding in Mordovia Republic. A detailed structural-semantic analysis of the dialect words in question is presented.

This article presents an analysis of the urban issue in modern Russian poetry. Considering the book of poems "Little Boot" by E. Rein, the ways of creating an image of Italy are studied. The author makes a conclusion that the structure of the book enables the poet to enlarge the literary time and space.

The article considers the Russian dialect names of females used to give a physical description in Mordovia Republic. The authors focus on the synonymic relations between the dialect words in question.

The article deals with the semantic field theory applied to the text of the first Russian chronicle "Povest’ Vremennyh Let". The author analyzes the semantics of action (completed and potentially possible) the final result of which is the death. The analysis shows that the semantic field of the term "kill" includes legal terms as well as common words and idioms.

The article deals with the typical semantic use of the word "communism" in the novel "Chevengur" by A. Platonov. The authors study the way of communism conceptualization. The connection of the concept structure, lexical meaning and use are also considered.