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Male Kinship Terms in the Selkup Language (Mother’s and Father’s Lines) // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2007. Issue 4 (67). P. 97-100

In this article such Selkup kinship terms as ed~eka, дzou, aga, sдlum, inem, il'da, цnцkа~цneka, temnam are analysed with the help of a comparable method and a componential analysis.

ORIGIN OF SELKUP NAMES OF BERRIES // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2015. Issue 4 (157). P. 48-55

The article describes the origin of berry terminology in Selkup. Results of full collection of selkup words belonged to the subject lexical group “berry flora”. The analysis of these linguistic units allows tracing the development process and name formation of berries in selkup language and also to single out the principle of naming units. Further data integration makes it possible to examine the semes which are the bases of naming flora lexemes according to productivity criterion. The study was carried out due to the theory of transferring linguistic world image with the help of symbols taken from collective unconsciousness and kept the meanings of world image. The method of component analysis which reconstructed the meanings of unproductive naming units was used for analyzing. This method allows explaining the meaning of berry flora words with the help of dividing lexemes into small meaningful units. Twenty three selkup berry flora words were analyzed and there were eight principles of naming units that formed such groups as berry functioning connected with its picking up and using as a food, connection of some berries with certain kinds of birds, colour characteristics of berries, mythological ideas of selkup people, curing period and berrying, taste properties of berries. Indirect way of naming berries is dominated and underlines associative thinking of selkup people.

Keywords: selkup language, berry flora, phytonyms, etymology, semantic development, principles of naming units

TYPES OF DISCOURSE MARKERS IN RUSSIAN AND ENGLISH RESEARCH PAPERS ON GEOLOGY, OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2015. Issue 4 (157). P. 117-123

This paper presents an investigation of the discourse markers, the analysis of which is based on the data of the magazines in Russian and English, such as FUEL, Oil and Gas, Drilling and Oil, Oil and Gas Business. The work gains currency because of the increased interest in the field of the functioning of the discourse markers – the lingual units, which play a major role in the formation of a coherent discourse. The study shows the differences in the distribution of the discourse markers in Russian and English papers on Geology, Oil and Gas Industry. It also helps to identify some of the possible reasons behind these differences, which can be both of linguistic and extralinguistic nature.

Keywords: discourse, discourse markers, scientific style, written communication