Отражение идентичности русских через распознавание автоэтноимпликатур (на примере анализа автоэтноимпликатур о русском разговоре / беседе)

The article is devoted to the study of the problem of national identity of modern Russian people through its reflection in the Russian language. The consideration of the problem of national identity is connected with the question of who can be attributed to the Russians today. It is believed that one of the key conditions for the formation of a national-cultural identity is the assimilation of the values and norms of its sociocultural community, which can be reflected in language in the form of stable expressions (proverbs, sayings, idioms, etc.), and in the form of ethno-implicatures ( auto-ethno-implicatures). If the stable expressions characterizing a particular nation (ethnic group, nation), including Russians, are studied well enough, then research on ethno-implicatures (especially auto-ethno-implicatures) is clearly insufficient. It is assumed that through the recognition of auto-ethno-implicatures, it is possible to determine the current national values of modern Russians, as well as to trace their changes. This is possible, in our opinion, with the help of a series of linguistic and sociolinguistic experiments. The article presents the results of a linguistic experiment aimed at recognizing auto-ethno-implicatures of one of the key values / traits of Russians, according to researchers, – the sincerity of relations, the need for close social relations, expressed in such a thing as “Russian conversation”.Настоящая статья посвящена изучению проблемы национальной идентичности современных русских людей через её отражение в русском языке. Рассмотрение проблемы национальной идентичности связано с вопросом о том, кого сегодня можно отнести к русским. Считается, что одним из ключевых условий формирования национально-культурной идентичности является усвоение ценностей и норм своей социокультурной общности, которые в языке могут отражаться как в виде устойчивых выражений (пословиц, поговорок, фразеологизмов и т. п.), так и в форме этноимпликатур (автоэтноимпликатур). Если устойчивые выражения, характеризующие тот или иной народ (этнос, нацию), в том числе и русских, изучены достаточно хорошо, то исследований этноимпликатур (особенно автоэтноимпликатур) пока явно недостаточно. Предполагается, что через распознавание автоэтноимпликатур можно определить действующие национальные ценности современных русских, а также проследить их изменения. Это возможно сделать, на наш взгляд, с помощью серии лингвистических и социолингвистических экспериментов. В статье приводятся результаты лингвистического эксперимента, направленного на распознавание автоэтноимпликатуры одной из ключевых ценностей / черт русских, по мнению исследователей, – душевности отношений, потребности в близких социальных отношениях, выраженной в таком явлении, как «русский разговор / беседа»

SEMANTIC FEATURES OF THE PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS WITH THE COMPONENT LIGHT THE WITHIN ARTISTIC DISCOURSE

Purpose: To conduct lexical and semantic analysis on the concept light in the artistic discourse of postmodern fiction. Methodology: In this research, comparative method, search for synonyms, continuous sampling and seminal analysis are used. Main Findings: As a result, it becomes obvious that the boundaries of the artistic concepts are extremely blurred and much wider than the boundaries of the corresponding non-artistic concepts. In conclusion, the concept light is frequently used in English artistic discourses, i.e. significant in the culture, and a special status in the semantic space of the concept light has the meaning of knowledge and information. Applications: The study results can be used by students and universities. Novelty/Originality: In this research, a model of the semantic features of the phraseological units with the component light is presented in a comprehensive and complete manner

Novel facultative Methylocella strains are active methane consumers at terrestrial natural gas seeps

Natural gas seeps contribute to global climate change by releasing substantial amounts of the potent greenhouse gas methane and other climate-active gases including ethane and propane to the atmosphere. However, methanotrophs, bacteria capable of utilising methane as the sole source of carbon and energy, play a significant role in reducing the emissions of methane from many environments. Methylocella-like facultative methanotrophs are a unique group of bacteria that grow on other components of natural gas (i.e. ethane and propane) in addition to methane but a little is known about the distribution and activity of Methylocella in the environment. The purposes of this study were to identify bacteria involved in cycling methane emitted from natural gas seeps and, most importantly, to investigate if Methylocella-like facultative methanotrophs were active utilisers of natural gas at seep sites

Phenological shifts of abiotic events, producers and consumers across a continent

Ongoing climate change can shift organism phenology in ways that vary depending on species, habitats and climate factors studied. To probe for large-scale patterns in associated phenological change, we use 70,709 observations from six decades of systematic monitoring across the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Among 110 phenological events related to plants, birds, insects, amphibians and fungi, we find a mosaic of change, defying simple predictions of earlier springs, later autumns and stronger changes at higher latitudes and elevations. Site mean temperature emerged as a strong predictor of local phenology, but the magnitude and direction of change varied with trophic level and the relative timing of an event. Beyond temperature-associated variation, we uncover high variation among both sites and years, with some sites being characterized by disproportionately long seasons and others by short ones. Our findings emphasize concerns regarding ecosystem integrity and highlight the difficulty of predicting climate change outcomes. The authors use systematic monitoring across the former USSR to investigate phenological changes across taxa. The long-term mean temperature of a site emerged as a strong predictor of phenological change, with further imprints of trophic level, event timing, site, year and biotic interactions.Peer reviewe

Integrated Jingmenvirus Polymerase Gene in <i>Ixodes ricinus</i> Genome

Members of the jingmenviruses group have been found in arthropods and mammals on all continents except Australia and Antarctica. Two viruses of this group were isolated from patients with fever after a tick bite. Using a nested RT-PCR assay targeting a jingmenvirus polymerase gene fragment, we screened ticks collected in seven regions of Russia and found that the abundant jingmenvirus-positive were of Ixodes ricinus species, with the prevalence ranging from 19.8% to 34.3%. In all cases, DNase/RNase treatment suggested that the detected molecule was DNA and subsequent next generation sequencing (NGS) proved that the viral polymerase gene was integrated in the I. ricinus genome. The copy number of the integrated polymerase gene was quantified by qPCR relative to the ITS2 gene and estimated as 1.32 copies per cell. At least three different genetic variants of the integrated polymerase gene were found in the territory of Russia. Phylogenetic analysis of the integrated jingmenvirus polymerase gene showed the highest similarity with the sequence of the correspondent gene obtained in Serbia from I. ricinus

Differences in spatial versus temporal reaction norms for spring and autumn phenological events

For species to stay temporally tuned to their environment, they use cues such as the accumulation of degree-days. The relationships between the timing of a phenological event in a population and its environmental cue can be described by a population-level reaction norm. Variation in reaction norms along environmental gradients may either intensify the environmental effects on timing (cogradient variation) or attenuate the effects (countergradient variation). To resolve spatial and seasonal variation in species' response, we use a unique dataset of 91 taxa and 178 phenological events observed across a network of 472 monitoring sites, spread across the nations of the former Soviet Union. We show that compared to local rates of advancement of phenological events with the advancement of temperature-related cues (i.e., variation within site over years), spatial variation in reaction norms tend to accentuate responses in spring (cogradient variation) and attenuate them in autumn (countergradient variation). As a result, among-population variation in the timing of events is greater in spring and less in autumn than if all populations followed the same reaction norm regardless of location. Despite such signs of local adaptation, overall phenotypic plasticity was not sufficient for phenological events to keep exact pace with their cues-the earlier the year, the more did the timing of the phenological event lag behind the timing of the cue. Overall, these patterns suggest that differences in the spatial versus temporal reaction norms will affect species' response to climate change in opposite ways in spring and autumn