Speech Culture Research Articles

«Языковая личность» - понятие и роль в современном мире

Relevance: In recent years, the Russian Federation has paid close attention to the official activities of employees of the internal affairs bodies from authorities, public organizations and institutions, and the population. First of all, we are talking about the observance by the employees of the internal affairs bodies of the norms of morality and ethics, rules of conduct in everyday life and speech culture. State policy determines the main areas of activity of the internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation. Thus, in the decisions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation it has been repeatedly noted that the successful solution of the tasks facing the internal affairs bodies largely depends on the level of training of the personnel. Fostering high civic, professional, psychological and moral qualities in employees, as well as the formation of a high professional culture, one of the key competencies of which is proficiency in language as a means of communication, strengthening the authority of the internal affairs bodies in society, increasing the prestige of the service are priority goals in the activities of the police and are regulated by the order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia dated December 25, 2020 No. 900 "Issues of organizing moral and psychological support for the activities of the internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation". Therefore, the problem of general language processes occurring in the internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation at present leads to the need to study the features of communication underlying official activity, and therefore to its creator - the "linguistic personality". Statement of the problem: The article considers the issues of state support for traditional values ​​in the Russian Federation, the need to protect the norms of the Russian literary language, the role of language in human life. What are the features of the "linguistic personality"? One of the important conditions for the formation of a person's pedagogical culture is the study of pedagogical thought that has gone through a centuries-old historical path. The article considers the main and most significant stages in the development of the education system in the world, as well as domestic pedagogy, the founder of which is K.D. Ushinsky. Purpose of the study: clarification of the definition of "linguistic personality" based on the presented basic concepts of "linguistic personality" formed in world linguistics. Research methods: analysis of modern scientific definitions of the concepts of "personality", "linguistic personality", generalization of the results obtained. Results and key findings: the conducted research allowed us to formulate and propose the author's definition of the concept of "linguistic personality", which is proposed to be understood as a bearer of cultural and linguistic values, endowed with will and aspirations, moods and assessments, and also fully using language in business communication, professional activities and in everyday life.

Free Speech, DEI, and Deplatforming: A Critical Analysis

Abstract Introduction: In recent years, the number of deplatforming attempts has increased at universities. Deplatforming is an attempt to block a person from speaking when certain groups find their content to be objectionable. An institution’s culture of free speech may affect the number of deplatforming incidents. Methods: This study utilized data from a new database of deplatforming incidents on campus. The data were tested for correlations in relation to an institution’s free speech ranking and its level of DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) staffing. Results: These initial results show a negative relationship between free speech ranking and deplatforming incidents, and a positive relationship between DEI staffing and deplatforming incidents. Discussion: Institutions face the challenge of balancing an inclusive and equitable environment with the preservation of robust intellectual diversity and academic freedom. Finding this balance requires a thoughtful and deliberate approach that considers the nuances of promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion while safeguarding the principles of free expression and open dialogue. Limitations: These results were only for Power 5 universities in the United States. A more diverse sample may show different results. Conclusions: The culture of an institution is related to the number of deplatforming incidents that take place. This culture can be examined via its commitment to free speech and to its DEI staffing levels. Initial results show that these two factors have a relationship with the number of deplatforming incidents.

THE ROLE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SPEECH CULTURE IN THE ACTIVITY OF FUTURE EDUCATORS

This article describes methods of improving speech culture and rhetoric of future pedagogues.Тhe article considers the importance of rhetoric as the art of using a living word for effective and efficient communication. The laws of rhetoric under consideration make it possible to determine the path of students to rhetorical success. The peculiarities of teaching undergraduates rhetoric at a higher educational institution is their comprehension of the art of the word, regardless of the direction of training and the construction of the educational process, taking into account these circumstances, in accordance with the methodological and didactic principles of teaching in preschool education.

DEVELOPMENT OF COHERENT SPEECH AND COMMUNICATION CULTURE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AT THE LESSONS OF THE LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE EDUCATIONAL FIELD

The article investigates the peculiarities of the development of coherent speech and culture of communication of primary school students in the lessons of language and literature educational branch. The competence-based approach to speech and culture of communication, the emphasis shifts from the language-centred concept to the anthropocentric one, when the development of subject-subject learning is emphasised and a linguistic personality is formed, which possesses a set of abilities and properties that allow creating oral and written speech works, adequately understanding texts addressed to communicators, that is, communicating fully and effectively. The most important means of awakening the child’s self-awareness, stimulating his/her spiritual development, according to the national didactic tradition, is teaching the native language, which is the basis of national and cultural self-identification. One of the main methods of work on coherent speech and culture of communication is practical exercises, which are used in phases: the first phase is the task, which should contain a motive for performing a certain speech action/activity, a speech situation) and explanations of what and how the student should do (orally or in writing; independently or in pairs, in a group; in a notebook or on the board); the second phase is a sample of performance; the third phase is the task performance; the fourth phase is control, which can be either teacher’s control, self-control, or students’ mutual control. The exercises aimed at forming orthoepic, pronunciation, accentological and lexical norms, distinguishing intonation in sentences are systematised. Exercises aimed at studying the peculiarities of figurative meaning will be relevant. Grammatical skills are an integral part of all types of speech activity, the formation, improvement and development of which is the main task of teaching. As a result of working with primary school students using a system of exercises to form a culture of speech, not only does the students’ speech culture improve, but also their memory improves, they develop an attentive, thoughtful attitude to language and books, and the level of spelling literacy and interest in Ukrainian language lessons increases.

Substantivation of Adjectives and Derivational Synonymy in Arkhangelsk Dialects

This article focuses on certain word formation processes observed within the lexical-semantic group “Food” in Arkhangelsk dialects. The study presents dialectal material collected during numerous dialectological expeditions and preserved in the archive of the Department of Russian Language and Speech Culture at the Northern (Arctic) Federal University. The research demonstrates that in the vocabulary of Arkhangelsk dialects related to food, the substantivation of adjectives is not widely prevalent and is primarily represented in the thematic group “Baking.” However, the examples of substantivation discussed are characterized by the completion of the process, with the resulting substantives firmly established in the dialects. Additionally, numerous instances of derivational synonymy are found within the lexical-semantic group “Food.” The article examines two such examples: synonymic series of nouns denoting small dried fish and a dish made from cottage cheese with flour. It is revealed that Arkhangelsk dialects reflect characteristic phenomena of Russian dialects, such as developed suffixation, gender and number parallelism, and the formation of nouns with collective meanings. These processes contribute to a rich derivational synonymy that is absent in the standard Russian.

Representations of Trust and Distrust in Financial Institutions in Russian Regional Speech Culture

The article is devoted to a comparative analysis of the representation of trust and distrust in financial institutions in the language and speech culture of the Russian province. The use of the constructivist methodology of P. Bourdieu made it possible to interpret trust as an internal component of the practices of an agent involved in the current situation in the financial market. The content analysis of 55 semi-structured interviews with three generations of residents of the region showed that the conservative model of financial behavior continues to be reproduced in the speech culture. The difference between generations is less noticeable against the background of a significant difference between residents of rural and urban settlements. The study revealed a high level of resentment associated with the collective memory of the collapse of the USSR and privatization. All generations in rural settlements showed a low level of assessment of their own financial situation, while both rural and urban informants had a rather pessimistic representation of social change. Semantic analysis revealed the dominance of the image of the state as a “collector of payments” in their consciousness, and to a lesser extent, an “assistant” supporting a person in their relationship with financial institutions.

SOME ASPECTS OF STUDYING THE DISCIPLINE «THEORY AND PRACTICE OF COMMUNICATION» BY FUTURE PHILOSOPHERS

The article emphasizes that communication is one of the most important means that a person needs to transform the environment and interact in it; the definition of this phenomenon in the scientific literature is not unambiguous, but since one of the aspects of the professional activity of future philosophers will be teaching, in the course of studying the course «Theory and Practice of Communication» it is necessary to know the peculiarities of pedagogical communication and its importance for the organization of the educational process. The discipline «Theory and Practice of Communications» at Poltava V. G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University is taught to students of the second (master’s) level of higher education, specialty 033 Philosophy; the subject of this discipline is the general theoretical and practical foundations of communication theory, basic concepts, methods of analysis and tools of communication processes, features of practical application of mass communication technologies in the socio-political sphere of society and information relations. The skills of scientific communication, in particular in the formation of the scientific competence of future philosophers, are defined as the ability to present thoughts and scientific ideas by verbal means of communication and in writing. Given the current processes of development of Internet technologies and virtual reality, the attention of students is drawn to the importance of social networks for communication, and dissemination of various content of everyday, political, private, and other aspects. In the course of studying the course, master’s students majoring in Philosophy should be taught the importance of developing alternative and additional communication, in particular, that social interaction is impossible without communication as a social activity. Therefore, the practical aspect of using such means of communication is extremely relevant. Future philosophers should master the key categories of the course «Theory and Practice of Communication» (the concept of communication skills, personal communication skills, communication barriers, speech culture, etc.) It is concluded that the professional communication of a philosopher is a crucial component of his/her professional and personal development and one of the ways of forming the professional identity of a Master of Philosophy, which is provided by a number of opportunities that have been created at the Poltava V. G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University.

Names of Russian Oven and Its Components in Arkhangelsk Dialects

This article is dedicated to the study of dialectal vocabulary belonging to the thematic group “Russian Oven,” which is included in the second volume of the “Thematic Dictionary of Arkhangelsk Dialects.” This dictionary documents lexicon related to wooden structures and their components. The primary aim of this research is to record the nominations within the thematic group “Russian Oven” and to determine the meanings of the selected words for inclusion in the dictionary. The material for this article and the dictionary comprises dialectal records housed in the archive of the Department of Russian Language and Speech Culture at the Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M. V. Lomonosov. The study employed a method of comprehensive sampling of words from the department’s archive, along with descriptive and lexicographic methods to clarify word meanings. The research reveals the diversity of dialectal vocabulary that names parts of the Russian oven; the same component may have various designations across different regions of Arkhangelsk Oblast, leading to the formation of synonyms, as well as phonetic, morphological, and derivational variations. A significant derivational cluster consists of words with the root -печ-, which are formed through suffixation (pechka, pechishcha, pechurok, pechurochek, etc.) and prefix-suffixation (opechek, opechye, podpechek, podpechye, pripechek, pripechye, protipechye, etc.).

Ekspresi Estetik Bangsa Indonesia dalam Tutur Pantun

Pantun is one of the Indonesian speech culture that contains noble thoughts. In the speech tradition, pantun is used as a recreative and educational tool. Pantun has aesthetic values, elements of art, beauty that reflect the expression of the Indonesia people in looking at life. This research aims to analyze the aesthetic value of pantun. The research method used is descriptive-qualitative. The research data is in the form of words in the pantun array. Data collection techniques through literature study. The data analysis is done by (1) identifying elements that contribute to building the aesthetic concept; (2) identifying elements that get emphasis; and (3) concluding the harmony between aesthetic elements in forming a unity of meaning. The results of the data analysis state that pantun holds cultural aesthetics, especially evident in the use of rhyme and philosophy. The results of the data analysis state that pantun has aesthetics, which can be seen in the cover, rhyme, and harmony. Sampiran images of nature as an introduction to the philosophical thoughts contained in the body. The aesthetics of pantun are closely related to ethical elements so that beauty appears in the form as well as the holiness and nobility of the ethics it contains.

Study of the relationship between the functional state of students in classes and professional and personal qualities of teachers

Introduction. The modern education system makes increasingly high demands on students, but there may be insufficient adaptation of pupils and students to learning processes. This is also due to the lack of scientifically substantiated and experimentally tested personality-oriented learning technologies, primarily its physical and psychological components and the adaptation of students in the educational and socio-cultural space. The purpose of the research. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between the functional state of students in the classroom and professional and personal qualities of teachers, the development of recommendations for the creation of personality-oriented teaching technologies. Materials and Methods. The study involved students of the National Research Technical University (KNITUKAI) and the Kazan Veterinary Institute named after N. E. Bauman, as well as 10-11th grade students of Lyceum No. 33 at Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University (KFU). The number of subjects was 332 people. Methods: analysis of sources, pedagogical experiment (conducting experiment), methods of statistical data processing (correlation and factor analysis). Results and discussion. There were revealed links between the functional state of students in the classroom and professional and personal qualities of teachers: pedagogical tact of a teacher correlates with the students' mood (r=0,85; p<0,05), critical evaluation of his/her merits and demerits is related to the mood of the student (r=0,92; p<0,05) of the student (r=0,92; p<0,05), organizational skills of the teacher with the desire to work (r=0,95; p<0,05), the presence of feedback from the audience also has a positive correlation with the desire to work (r=0,93; p<0,05). The theoretical health saving model of the teacher was compiled. On The first places in the "health-saving model of the teacher" are the following qualities: tactfulness, intelligence, erudition, humor, culture of speech, creative abilities. Application of this model by teachers in schools and universities will promote person-centered learning. Conclusion. The materials presented in the article can be applied by school teachers and university teachers. The conducted research also opens perspectives in the training of teachers at the faculties of professional development on the basis of the developed health-saving model.

«КЕП МАДАНИЯТЫ», «ОКУУЧУЛАРДЫН КЕП МАДАНИЯТЫ» ТҮШҮНҮКТӨРҮНҮН НЕГИЗГИ ПАРАДИГМАЛАРЫ

The article is devoted to one of the urgent problems of teaching Kyrgyz language and Kyrgyz literature - the problem of speech culture. At present the oral and written speech skills of schoolchildren do not meet the requirements, the main reasons for this are related to the fact that teachers do not know the concepts of "Speech Culture" and "Speech Culture of Students". In the article the given concepts and terms are analyzed from philosophical, psychological and pedagogical aspects and the essence of the problem is revealed on the basis of the works of linguists such as Akishina А. A, Golovin B.N., Goldin V.E., Ladyzhenskaya T.A, Davletov S., Musaev S.J.and so on. Speech culture is the construction of oral and written speech using linguistic means, the creation of text, it is through this speech that people communicate with other people, and later with society as a whole. To do this, in a modern school, one of the main requirements is to increase the linguistic and communicative competence of students. Speech culture is a phenomenon related to the age characteristics of the speaker or writer, psychology, the situation at the moment, the perception and understanding of the topic by students, the vocabulary they can use, themselves and the style of the text. The student's speech culture will directly depend on his perception of the world, his emotional feelings, his aesthetic tastes, and this is exactly what happens at the stage of active acceptance in grades 5-8, when we perceive him as an object. The student should not only understand the work being studied from Kyrgyz literature, receive education from it, but also on the basis of this work perceive in his world the richness of his native language, new words, expressions, means of artistic speech, develop a culture of speech and writing. The article is intended for school teachers, teachers of higher educational institutions, masters.

Figurative Language in Sticks and Stones Standup Comedy by Dave Chappelle

This research analyzes the use of figurative language in Dave Chappelle's standup comedy special "Sticks & Stones." The issue addressed is how Chappelle employs various forms of figurative. The aim of this study is to identify and evaluate the types of figurative language used and understand how these techniques affect the messages conveyed and the audience's response. The research method used is qualitative text analysis, where transcripts of the comedy special are analyzed to identify metaphors, similes, irony, hyperbole, personification, metonymy. Data were collected through direct observation of the performance and related literature analysis to support the findings. The findings of the study show that Chappelle consistently uses figurative language, as well as to add deeper layers of humor to his material. Metaphors and irony emerge as the main tools used to highlight absurdities and injustices in issues such as cancel culture, identity politics, and freedom of speech. These results indicate that figurative language not only functions as a rhetorical tool but also as a mechanism to invite the audience to think critically about the issues raised. This research contributes to the development of knowledge by adding insights into the role of figurative language in standup comedy. It also expands the understanding of how comedians like Chappelle can use language techniques to influence public perception and encourage social dialogue. Keywords: Figurative language, Stand-up comedy, Dave Chappelle

Функциональная специфика английских междометий: социокультурный аспект (на материале сериала “Downtown Abbey”)

The aim of the study is to identify the functional parameters of the use of English interjections depending on the sociocultural position of the communicants. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the fact that the relationship between the communicants belonging to a certain social class and the peculiarities of the use of the qualitative and quantitative composition of interjections in their speech is established for the first time. The study revealed that interjections can act as indicators of English communicative behaviour. Among the distinguished functional groups of interjections (emotive, hesitational, phatic and conative), interjections in the emotive function, traditionally recognized as the main one due to the nature of interjections, for the first time lost its dominant position in favour of interjections in the hesitational function. The reason for this is the influence of such parameters of English communicative behaviour as emotional restraint, understatement, the desire to reduce flatness, as well as an anti-conflict orientation of communication. A predominant number of interjections of all functional groups and a more diverse qualitative composition of interjections is recorded in the speech of nobility, than in the speech of the common class, which is explained by their higher level of education, speech culture and the development of their emotional intelligence.

IMPROVING THE METHODOLOGY OF FUTURE PRIMARY CLASS TEACHERS' SPEECH DEVELOPMENT THROUGH ARTISTIC WORKS

This article describes the methodology of future elementary school teachers to develop students' speech through artistic works, to develop students' speaking skills and thinking, and to form speech culture.

INTEGRATIVE STUDY OF LANGUAGE RULES IN THE PROCESS OF TEACHING JUNIOR SCHOOLCHILDREN THE AZERBAIJANI LANGUAGE

The morphology of the Azerbaijani language has a wide range, so the question arises about the introduction of grammatical and lexical system of language rules. The relevance of the study is determined by the need to update the means of teaching junior high school students the rules of the language in Azerbaijani language lessons. The article is designed to reveal the features of grammatical and lexical structure and a comprehensive study of the language norms of the Azerbaijani language for elementary school students. The article aimed to describe grammatical and lexical features and their expression during students’ integrative learning of language rules. For this, the research used the methods of analysis, synthesis, comparison, deduction, generalisation, and a pedagogical experiment. The deductive method played a crucial role in this study, revealing unique aspects of the child’s lexical and grammatical mastery. This was achieved by using common knowledge related to education and language capabilities. Deduction was important for the formulation of distinctive features and characteristics that should be taken into account by teachers when teaching the Azerbaijani language. In addition, the article uses the method of generalization to prepare exercises for schoolchildren from a wide range of educational subjects. This approach involved incorporating the theoretical ideas explored in the study into the content of the exercise. The aim was not only to introduce these concepts but also to reinforce their understanding of the tasks, thus assessing the degree of students’ understanding and mastery. This approach enriches the educational process, ensuring the effective implementation of theoretical knowledge in practical learning experience. As a result of the work, it was established that the comprehensive study of language rules from morphology involved increasing the level of student’s knowledge, namely their conscious understanding of words in the process of speaking. Therefore, the main areas of the formation of speaking abilities and skills of younger schoolchildren are revealed. The article proves that this process is closely related to the increase in vocabulary, which, in turn, is an indicator of the richness of the language. The study presents a structured approach to teaching Azerbaijani language to junior high school students, focusing on morphological analysis, suffix exercises, and the interrelation of grammatical and lexical features. It emphasizes integrating these aspects to enhance students’ understanding and use of language. Key findings demonstrate the effectiveness of this integrative method in improving vocabulary, speech culture, and overall linguistic competence.

Freedom of Expression and Hate Speech Regarding the Activities of Public Officials in Political Debate

Abstract Freedom of expression has accompanied humanity for centuries. As societies have developed over the decades, it has evolved and changed. In parallel, the brutalisation of language has also progressed, leading to the emergence of hate speech. Today, hate speech is a global phenomenon, significantly impacting the speech of public figures. This is due to the fact that such statements reach a wide audience, which includes both supporters and opponents of such a person. Consequently, this leads to a wide-ranging debate where individual arguments lose relevance, overshadowed by the repetition of negative slogans and comments with hateful overtones. This article aims to delineate the boundary between freedom of expression and hate speech, highlighting the consequences associated with the use of hate speech by public figures. It seeks to prove the main thesis that hate speech in the activity of public figures is an unquestionably negative phenomenon and thus cannot benefit from the protection guaranteed under freedom of speech. Additionally, it posits that hate speech undermines the dignity of individuals and society, leads to a decline in the culture of speech, and diminishes both political and social culture. Consequently, it erodes the authority of public figures and harms the offices they hold by undermining trust in them.

Practicing deliberation in challenging speech cultures: the role of metadiscourse

Abstract This qualitative research draws on language and social interaction (LSI) approaches to consider how speech culture shapes the practice of deliberation in a country presumed to be a challenging environment for deliberative practices: Israel. Our analysis examines structured deliberative forums conducted by communication students in Israel, to demonstrate how participants reference, use, and orient to both deliberative democracy discourse and Israeli speech culture in ways that enable them to overcome cultural challenges to doing deliberation. We found that participants utilize metadiscourse to take stances that frame cultural challenges of deliberation, negotiate the tensions between deliberative principles and local speech culture, and creatively integrate local speech norms with deliberation. This research contributes to LSI and Political Communication scholarship, by enhancing practical theory of deliberative democracy. The explication of the role of metadiscourse reframes the relationship between culture and deliberation thereby providing new directions for scholars, practitioners, and educators of deliberative democracy.

Отношение носителей русского языка к его нормам: динамический аспект

Different historical periods are characterized by different attitudes of native speakers of the Russian language to its norms. Russian history during the Soviet period was marked by the struggle for the purity and correctness of the Russian speech. The process of protecting the Russian language was filled with deep ideological meaning, since the Russian language acts as a single means of communication for the multinational population of the USSR. The period of perestroika is characterized by the struggle against Soviet officialese, which took the form of the democratization and vulgarization of speech, the abolition of censorship in the media. This resulted in a stream of substandard and non-literary vocabulary penetrating into public speech, a special literary-jargonizing type of speech culture being formed in the journalistic environment. The second and third decades of the 21st century demonstrate an easy attitude of native speakers of the Russian language to its norms, the decreasing concern about the form of thought expression, the active penetration of colloquial speech into other spheres of communication. Digitalization of communication leads to a decrease in the level of speech culture, the development of clip thinking and the predominance of “point” attention (this is especially noticeable among adolescents and young people). Globalization of the most important spheres of society, on the one hand, contributes to the expansion of the morphemic and lexical repertoire of the Russian language, the development of the meanings of its lexemes, on the other hand, it brings about a fashion for anglicisms and a focus on foreign speech culture. Nowadays, protecting Russian literary language standards is becoming one of the most important national tasks; finding an effective solution will help preserve the Russian culture.

Исследование проблемы речевой культуры будущего учителя как фактора формирования лингвистической безопасности образовательного пространства

The aim of the research is to substantiate the importance of forming a speech culture for a future teacher as a factor in creating linguistic security of the educational space. The article shows the main directions of ensuring linguistic security of the society and of the individual in the communicative educational space. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the complex approach to solving the problem of insufficiently formed speech culture of students of pedagogical specialties as a factor in linguistic security of future generations, taking into account the interaction of various subjects of the educational process and proposing the creation of a personal-value educational space, contributing to the preservation of cultural and linguistic identity in the conditions of modern society, on its basis. As a result of the diagnostics of the attitude of students in pedagogical fields of study towards the specifics of modern communication, the most relevant threats to the state language and national culture have been identified and the methods of relaying the spiritual and material values of the Russian youth of the 21st century within the context of linguistic education have been presented.

Comics and the culture of free speech: the case of Neil Gaiman

ABSTRACT Comics have been especially vulnerable to censorship. A history of repression has been well documented in the scholarship and is part of fan lore and culture – so much so, in fact, that the topic risks becoming calcified. This paper argues for a broader examination of free speech and comics, the better to understand how the creation and circulation of texts shapes the medium. Here, Neil Gaiman serves as a valuable case study, a creator who not only advocates for free speech but whose intellectual formation depended upon it. Attending to the liberalising forces of mid-Twentieth Century, the paper illustrates how the availability of texts was essential to the formation of Gaiman’s distinct comics aesthetic. Moreover, as Gaiman’s case suggests, comics depends on free speech not only to protect creators, but to guarantee access to the materials out of which traditions can be built.