Kielentutkimuksessa on perinteisesti ollut kaksi päämetodologiaa. Lingvisti voi perustaa johtopää... more Kielentutkimuksessa on perinteisesti ollut kaksi päämetodologiaa. Lingvisti voi perustaa johtopäätöksensä kielestä ja sen rakenteesta joko äidinkielis (t) en kielitajuun (karkeasti ajatellen langue, competence-kuvaustaso) tai kielelliseen tuotokseen (parole, uusus). ...
Semi-passive contructions as Лодку унесло ветром is a unique feature of the Russian language. The... more Semi-passive contructions as Лодку унесло ветром is a unique feature of the Russian language. The article discusses causes of its usage instead of active and passive voice.
The Palgrave Handbook of Digital Russia Studies, 2020
This chapter focuses on textual data that are collected for a specific purpose, which are usually... more This chapter focuses on textual data that are collected for a specific purpose, which are usually referred to as corpora. Scholars use corpora when they examine existing instances of a certain phenomenon or to conduct systematic quantitative analyses of occurrences, which in turn reflect habits, attitudes, opinions, or trends. For these contexts, it is extremely useful to combine different approaches. For example, a linguist might analyze the frequency of a certain buzzword, whereas a scholar in the political, cultural, or sociological sciences might attempt to explain the change in language usage from the data in question. This handbook is no exception: the reader will find several chapters (for additional information, see Chaps. 26, 23, 29 and 24) that are either primarily or secondarily based on Russian textual data. Russian text-based studies represent a well-established area of science, unknown in part to Western readers due to the language barrier. However, this
Computational Linguistics and Intellectual Technologies: Proceedings of the International Conference “Dialogue 2021”, 2021
The paper deals with communication failures in everyday spoken discourse. The spontaneous charact... more The paper deals with communication failures in everyday spoken discourse. The spontaneous character of oral speech is its basic property and becomes a prerequisite for the appearance of such a phenomenon as communicative failures. By communicative failures, we mean speech situations when the recipient of a speech message does not understand it correctly, i.e., in the way the speaker intended. The purpose of this pilot study is 1) to assess the total number of communication failures that occur with a person during a single day and 2) to determine the dependence of communication failure frequency on the communication settings and conditions. The main result of the study is a qualitative and quantitative assessment of communication failures during a subjects's day. The research is based on a special experiment based on 24-hour monitoring of the subject's speech and his subsequent retrospective commentary on all recorded data. Such an approach allows one to reduce the subjectivity inherent in much linguistic work. The research continues a series of studies devoted to the effectiveness of spoken communication and is important not only for understanding the fundamental processes of speech perception but is also crucial for the development of artificial intelligence systems involving human-computer speech dialogue systems and for speech technologies of the next generation.
Interaction between people is a cornerstone of being human. Despite huge developments in language... more Interaction between people is a cornerstone of being human. Despite huge developments in languages and communicative skills, interaction often fails, which causes problems and costs in everyday life and work. An inability to conduct dialogue also produces conflicts between groups of people, states and religions. Therefore, there are good reasons to claim that miscommunication and failures in interaction are among the most serious problems in the world. Researchers from different fields-linguistics, sociology, anthropology, psychology, brain research, philosophy-have tried to tackle this complex phenomenon. Their method-driven approaches enrich our understanding of the features of interaction in many ways. However, what is lacking is an understanding of the very essence of interaction, which needs a more holistic, phenomenon-driven approach. The aim of this paper is to show that the only way to reach this goal is multidisciplinarity, that is, using the results and methods of different fields of research. This is not an easy goal and task because the way of thinking and doing research varies greatly discipline-wise. A further obstacle is the researchers' training, which, as a rule, focuses on the tradition of only one field of research. The Multidimensional Model of Interaction provides a good framework for a more holistic approach to interaction by viewing the complex phenomenon from different angles. The model includes various phases of the process of interaction, beginning with the choice of the topic by the speaker and ending with identification of the reference by the recipient, as well as the mental worlds of the interlocutors (knowledge, attitudes, values, emotional state etc.), recipient design (accommodation of speech) and external circumstances.
Based on a large dataset of Russian material, the paper presents these general features of a of t... more Based on a large dataset of Russian material, the paper presents these general features of a of the home: a place to spend leisure time containing a long-established group of different ages and sexes free to move about in their environment These factors lead to tension between communicants and a diversity of topics of conversation. Inadequate recipient design is an overarching trigger for misunderstanding caused by the speaker. It derives from poor concentration on interaction and the common ground fallacy, and leads to the frequent use of indirect and elliptical expressions. Inadequate concentration causes the recipient to non-listen and overguess. Finally, misunderstandings occur because of mishearings, misinterpretations and misreferences. Misinterpretation may concern the content, intention or mode of the message.
Covid-19 is highly relevant in 2020; among other things, it is attracting new global socio-commun... more Covid-19 is highly relevant in 2020; among other things, it is attracting new global socio-communicative and linguistic research. Scholars are addressing the linguistic response to the social and psychological situation in different countries in the era of coronavirus. Thus, the Editorial Board has created a forum for specialists to communicate (in writing), one which makes it possible to provide information about their sources on Covid-19 and illustrate theoretical materials. The participants chose to analyse different aspects of language during the pandemic; medical terminology and its relevant vocabulary were the same for all countries. The conversation goes beyond the scope of linguistics, as it is important for the researchers to charac-terise measures taken by governments to combat Covid-19 and the public's reaction to them as reflected through language. Additionally, the authors focus on spontaneous linguistic responses to the pandemic in the form of language games, metaphors, and references to historical memory of combatting disasters. The pandemic has also caused long-standing forms of speech communication to change. Researchers from different European countries have took part: Тема Covid-19, актуальная для этого года, обретает новые грани как ис-следовательская проблема мирового масштаба в социокоммуникативном и лингвистическом аспектах. Исследователи обращаются к проблеме язы
Язык. личность, текст. Сборник сатей к 70-летию Т. М. Никалаевой. , 2005
"Conativeness" (purposeful action) is often mentioned as a meaning of Russian imperfective aspec... more "Conativeness" (purposeful action) is often mentioned as a meaning of Russian imperfective aspect. The paper takes the notion of conativeness as a semantic category and shows that it is often expressed by analytical constructions. Thorough literature survey is followed by an extensive corpus based quantitative analysis of relevant "conative predicates"
The soft power of the Russian language: Pluricentricity, politics and policies, 2020
An introductory chapter for the book The soft power of the Russian language: Pluricentricity, pol... more An introductory chapter for the book The soft power of the Russian language: Pluricentricity, politics and policies
The soft power of the Russian language: Pluricentricity, politics and policies, 2020
The chapter discusses the question of democratic/undemocratic nature of linguistic norm with spec... more The chapter discusses the question of democratic/undemocratic nature of linguistic norm with special respect of Russian
The article analyses the Russian project “Word of the Year 2015” as compared to similar Finnish a... more The article analyses the Russian project “Word of the Year 2015” as compared to similar Finnish and German projects. The main parameters of the most important words in literature are compared with the characteristics of the words included in the rating list of the year. The authors demonstrate that words of the year correlate with the parameters of the most popular words, but are not identical. The research defines the principles behind the formation of the Russian word list. The selection is based on expert evaluation of the frequent units of this year: this makes the resulting word list a diverse phenomenon. First, a number of lexical units of the year are united in open thematic groups which reflect those that were semantically dominant in the course of the year. Units naming the most significant events of the year also enter the list. Words of the year are a kind of trademark identity for the year, systematically reflected in vivid and recognizable units of nomination. Such markers are mainly neologisms and set expressions that have appeared as part of real situations. A special group is made up of common lexical units which get foregrounded and as a result acquire semantic increments owing to the frequency of their use and expansion of their lexical compatibility. There are two thematic groups on the 2015 list that describe the semantic dominants of the year: 1) “the foreboding of war” and 2) “the limits of the acceptable and the unacceptable”.
In pure dialogues, the speakers address their words to recipients who concentrate on listening, w... more In pure dialogues, the speakers address their words to recipients who concentrate on listening, while in pseudo-dialogues the recipients are not able to listen, or prefer not to listen. The speaker may be fully aware of the recipient’s mental absence. The aim of the chapter is to study how pseudo-dialogues are used in everyday communication. We differentiate four main categories of pseudo-dialogues based on the role of the recipient: a human recipient who is present in the situation but whose role in the interaction is secondary; a physically remote human recipient; a non-human recipient (a dog, a computer, etc.); a speaker who speaks to himself/ herself (no other recipients than oneself). In most cases, the manner of speaking in pseudo-dialogues largely resembles that of pure dialogues. Examples of the usage of pseudo-dialogues are taken from the St. Petersburg One Day of Speech Corpus.
Kielentutkimuksessa on perinteisesti ollut kaksi päämetodologiaa. Lingvisti voi perustaa johtopää... more Kielentutkimuksessa on perinteisesti ollut kaksi päämetodologiaa. Lingvisti voi perustaa johtopäätöksensä kielestä ja sen rakenteesta joko äidinkielis (t) en kielitajuun (karkeasti ajatellen langue, competence-kuvaustaso) tai kielelliseen tuotokseen (parole, uusus). ...
Semi-passive contructions as Лодку унесло ветром is a unique feature of the Russian language. The... more Semi-passive contructions as Лодку унесло ветром is a unique feature of the Russian language. The article discusses causes of its usage instead of active and passive voice.
The Palgrave Handbook of Digital Russia Studies, 2020
This chapter focuses on textual data that are collected for a specific purpose, which are usually... more This chapter focuses on textual data that are collected for a specific purpose, which are usually referred to as corpora. Scholars use corpora when they examine existing instances of a certain phenomenon or to conduct systematic quantitative analyses of occurrences, which in turn reflect habits, attitudes, opinions, or trends. For these contexts, it is extremely useful to combine different approaches. For example, a linguist might analyze the frequency of a certain buzzword, whereas a scholar in the political, cultural, or sociological sciences might attempt to explain the change in language usage from the data in question. This handbook is no exception: the reader will find several chapters (for additional information, see Chaps. 26, 23, 29 and 24) that are either primarily or secondarily based on Russian textual data. Russian text-based studies represent a well-established area of science, unknown in part to Western readers due to the language barrier. However, this
Computational Linguistics and Intellectual Technologies: Proceedings of the International Conference “Dialogue 2021”, 2021
The paper deals with communication failures in everyday spoken discourse. The spontaneous charact... more The paper deals with communication failures in everyday spoken discourse. The spontaneous character of oral speech is its basic property and becomes a prerequisite for the appearance of such a phenomenon as communicative failures. By communicative failures, we mean speech situations when the recipient of a speech message does not understand it correctly, i.e., in the way the speaker intended. The purpose of this pilot study is 1) to assess the total number of communication failures that occur with a person during a single day and 2) to determine the dependence of communication failure frequency on the communication settings and conditions. The main result of the study is a qualitative and quantitative assessment of communication failures during a subjects's day. The research is based on a special experiment based on 24-hour monitoring of the subject's speech and his subsequent retrospective commentary on all recorded data. Such an approach allows one to reduce the subjectivity inherent in much linguistic work. The research continues a series of studies devoted to the effectiveness of spoken communication and is important not only for understanding the fundamental processes of speech perception but is also crucial for the development of artificial intelligence systems involving human-computer speech dialogue systems and for speech technologies of the next generation.
Interaction between people is a cornerstone of being human. Despite huge developments in language... more Interaction between people is a cornerstone of being human. Despite huge developments in languages and communicative skills, interaction often fails, which causes problems and costs in everyday life and work. An inability to conduct dialogue also produces conflicts between groups of people, states and religions. Therefore, there are good reasons to claim that miscommunication and failures in interaction are among the most serious problems in the world. Researchers from different fields-linguistics, sociology, anthropology, psychology, brain research, philosophy-have tried to tackle this complex phenomenon. Their method-driven approaches enrich our understanding of the features of interaction in many ways. However, what is lacking is an understanding of the very essence of interaction, which needs a more holistic, phenomenon-driven approach. The aim of this paper is to show that the only way to reach this goal is multidisciplinarity, that is, using the results and methods of different fields of research. This is not an easy goal and task because the way of thinking and doing research varies greatly discipline-wise. A further obstacle is the researchers' training, which, as a rule, focuses on the tradition of only one field of research. The Multidimensional Model of Interaction provides a good framework for a more holistic approach to interaction by viewing the complex phenomenon from different angles. The model includes various phases of the process of interaction, beginning with the choice of the topic by the speaker and ending with identification of the reference by the recipient, as well as the mental worlds of the interlocutors (knowledge, attitudes, values, emotional state etc.), recipient design (accommodation of speech) and external circumstances.
Based on a large dataset of Russian material, the paper presents these general features of a of t... more Based on a large dataset of Russian material, the paper presents these general features of a of the home: a place to spend leisure time containing a long-established group of different ages and sexes free to move about in their environment These factors lead to tension between communicants and a diversity of topics of conversation. Inadequate recipient design is an overarching trigger for misunderstanding caused by the speaker. It derives from poor concentration on interaction and the common ground fallacy, and leads to the frequent use of indirect and elliptical expressions. Inadequate concentration causes the recipient to non-listen and overguess. Finally, misunderstandings occur because of mishearings, misinterpretations and misreferences. Misinterpretation may concern the content, intention or mode of the message.
Covid-19 is highly relevant in 2020; among other things, it is attracting new global socio-commun... more Covid-19 is highly relevant in 2020; among other things, it is attracting new global socio-communicative and linguistic research. Scholars are addressing the linguistic response to the social and psychological situation in different countries in the era of coronavirus. Thus, the Editorial Board has created a forum for specialists to communicate (in writing), one which makes it possible to provide information about their sources on Covid-19 and illustrate theoretical materials. The participants chose to analyse different aspects of language during the pandemic; medical terminology and its relevant vocabulary were the same for all countries. The conversation goes beyond the scope of linguistics, as it is important for the researchers to charac-terise measures taken by governments to combat Covid-19 and the public's reaction to them as reflected through language. Additionally, the authors focus on spontaneous linguistic responses to the pandemic in the form of language games, metaphors, and references to historical memory of combatting disasters. The pandemic has also caused long-standing forms of speech communication to change. Researchers from different European countries have took part: Тема Covid-19, актуальная для этого года, обретает новые грани как ис-следовательская проблема мирового масштаба в социокоммуникативном и лингвистическом аспектах. Исследователи обращаются к проблеме язы
Язык. личность, текст. Сборник сатей к 70-летию Т. М. Никалаевой. , 2005
"Conativeness" (purposeful action) is often mentioned as a meaning of Russian imperfective aspec... more "Conativeness" (purposeful action) is often mentioned as a meaning of Russian imperfective aspect. The paper takes the notion of conativeness as a semantic category and shows that it is often expressed by analytical constructions. Thorough literature survey is followed by an extensive corpus based quantitative analysis of relevant "conative predicates"
The soft power of the Russian language: Pluricentricity, politics and policies, 2020
An introductory chapter for the book The soft power of the Russian language: Pluricentricity, pol... more An introductory chapter for the book The soft power of the Russian language: Pluricentricity, politics and policies
The soft power of the Russian language: Pluricentricity, politics and policies, 2020
The chapter discusses the question of democratic/undemocratic nature of linguistic norm with spec... more The chapter discusses the question of democratic/undemocratic nature of linguistic norm with special respect of Russian
The article analyses the Russian project “Word of the Year 2015” as compared to similar Finnish a... more The article analyses the Russian project “Word of the Year 2015” as compared to similar Finnish and German projects. The main parameters of the most important words in literature are compared with the characteristics of the words included in the rating list of the year. The authors demonstrate that words of the year correlate with the parameters of the most popular words, but are not identical. The research defines the principles behind the formation of the Russian word list. The selection is based on expert evaluation of the frequent units of this year: this makes the resulting word list a diverse phenomenon. First, a number of lexical units of the year are united in open thematic groups which reflect those that were semantically dominant in the course of the year. Units naming the most significant events of the year also enter the list. Words of the year are a kind of trademark identity for the year, systematically reflected in vivid and recognizable units of nomination. Such markers are mainly neologisms and set expressions that have appeared as part of real situations. A special group is made up of common lexical units which get foregrounded and as a result acquire semantic increments owing to the frequency of their use and expansion of their lexical compatibility. There are two thematic groups on the 2015 list that describe the semantic dominants of the year: 1) “the foreboding of war” and 2) “the limits of the acceptable and the unacceptable”.
In pure dialogues, the speakers address their words to recipients who concentrate on listening, w... more In pure dialogues, the speakers address their words to recipients who concentrate on listening, while in pseudo-dialogues the recipients are not able to listen, or prefer not to listen. The speaker may be fully aware of the recipient’s mental absence. The aim of the chapter is to study how pseudo-dialogues are used in everyday communication. We differentiate four main categories of pseudo-dialogues based on the role of the recipient: a human recipient who is present in the situation but whose role in the interaction is secondary; a physically remote human recipient; a non-human recipient (a dog, a computer, etc.); a speaker who speaks to himself/ herself (no other recipients than oneself). In most cases, the manner of speaking in pseudo-dialogues largely resembles that of pure dialogues. Examples of the usage of pseudo-dialogues are taken from the St. Petersburg One Day of Speech Corpus.
Книга является первой в русистике последовательным, хотя и экспериментальным, описанием русского ... more Книга является первой в русистике последовательным, хотя и экспериментальным, описанием русского языка по принципу "от значения к форме". В книге представлены различные семантические категории и основные языковые средства, с помощью которых они выражаются; всё это снабжено множеством речевых примеров для наглядности.
The book does not give exact rules about what is right or wrong. What it offers are tools and ski... more The book does not give exact rules about what is right or wrong. What it offers are tools and skills which can be used when research communities make choices concerning how to do research and publish research results, and also concerning students' supervision, recruitment , reviewing other researchers’ works and merits and being in contact with media. The method presented in the book does not guarantee right decisions in every concrete case but it enables a grounded and transparent discussion around difficult and controversial issues researchers meet in their work. See in details: http://blogs.helsinki.fi/researchethics/2017/04/20/a-new-approach-to-research-ethics/ (Routledge 2017)
The doctoral theses demonstrates an alternative model for stress paradigms of Russian nouns and t... more The doctoral theses demonstrates an alternative model for stress paradigms of Russian nouns and tries to find tips how to "guess" the right stress type.
The book analyses the selection of the object case in negative Russian sentences. A special desig... more The book analyses the selection of the object case in negative Russian sentences. A special design of the implemented experiment made it possible to determine the influence of single factors to the choice of the case.
The book analyses the selection of object case in Russian negative clauses. The possible influenc... more The book analyses the selection of object case in Russian negative clauses. The possible influence of more than 50 factors has been studied on the basis of corpus materials.
Detailed information about the number of words belonging to various morphological categories of R... more Detailed information about the number of words belonging to various morphological categories of Russian.
Covid‑19 is highly relevant in 2020; among other things, it is attracting new global socio-commun... more Covid‑19 is highly relevant in 2020; among other things, it is attracting new global socio-communicative and linguistic research. Scholars are addressing the linguistic response to the social and psychological situation in different countries in the era of coronavirus. Thus, the Editorial Board has created a forum for specialists to communicate (in writing), one which makes it possible to provide information about their sources on Covid‑19 and illustrate theoretical materials. The participants chose to analyse different aspects of language during the pandemic; medical terminology and its relevant vocabulary were the same for all countries. The conversation goes beyond the scope of linguistics, as it is important for the researchers to characterise measures taken by governments to combat Covid‑19 and the public’s reaction to them as reflected through language. Additionally, the authors focus on spontaneous linguistic responses to the pandemic in the form of language games, metaphors, and references to historical memory of combatting disasters. The pandemic has also caused long-standing forms of speech communication to change. Researchers from different European countries have took part: Arto Mustajoki (University of Helsinki, Finland; National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia), Nadezjda Zorikhina Nilsson (Stockholm University, Sweden), Rafael Guzmán Tirado (University of Granada, Spain), Anna Tous-Rovirosa and Daria Dergacheva (Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain). The conversation was moderated by Irina Vepreva and Tatiana Itskovich (Ural Federal University Yekaterinburg, Russia).
Тема Covid‑19, актуальная для этого года, обретает новые грани как исследовательская проблема мирового масштаба в социокоммуникативном и лингвистическом аспектах. Исследователи обращаются к проблеме языкового реагирования на социально-психологическую обстановку, сложившуюся в разных странах в эпоху коронавируса. Объективные обстоятельства современного общения заставляют научное сообщество искать новый формат обсуждения насущных проблем. Предложенная редколлегией журнала форма письменного диалога позволяет как привести информацию об источниках высказываний о коронавирусе, так и подкрепить теоретические положения ссылками на научные изыскания. Участники дискуссии выбрали различные аспекты анализа языкового существования в период пандемии. В поле наблюдений были включены вопросы, связанные с лексиконом дискурса пандемии, который носит глобальный характер: медицинская терминология и актуальная лексика оказались общими для всех стран. Разговор выходит за рамки лингвистического обзора, поскольку важно было охарактеризовать действия правительства по борьбе с коронавирусом и общественную реакцию на эти действия, отраженную в языковых явлениях. В стороне не осталось обсуждение стихийно складывающейся языковой реакции на пандемию, выраженной в фактах языковой игры и метафорики, а также обращения к исторической памяти народа о противостоянии бедствиям. Пандемия оказала влияние и на устоявшиеся формы речевой коммуникации. В обсуждении приняли участие исследователи из разных стран Европы: Арто Мустайоки (А. М.; Хельсинкский университет, Финляндия; Национальный исследовательский университет «Высшая школа экономики», Москва, Россия), Надежда Зорихина-Нильссон (Н. З.-Н.; Стокгольмский университет, Швеция), Рафаэль Гусман Тирадо (Р. Г.-Т.; Гранадский университет, Испания), Анна Тоус-Ровироса, Дарья Дергачева (А. Т.-Р., Д. Д.; Свободный университет Барселоны, Испания). Модераторами обсуждения стали Ирина Вепрева и Татьяна Ицкович (И. В., Т. И.; Уральский федеральный университет, Екатеринбург, Россия).
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Тема Covid‑19, актуальная для этого года, обретает новые грани как исследовательская проблема мирового масштаба в социокоммуникативном и лингвистическом аспектах. Исследователи обращаются к проблеме языкового реагирования на социально-психологическую обстановку, сложившуюся в разных странах в эпоху коронавируса. Объективные обстоятельства современного общения заставляют научное сообщество искать новый формат обсуждения насущных проблем. Предложенная редколлегией журнала форма письменного диалога позволяет как привести информацию об источниках высказываний о коронавирусе, так и подкрепить теоретические положения ссылками на научные изыскания. Участники дискуссии выбрали различные аспекты анализа языкового существования в период пандемии. В поле наблюдений были включены вопросы, связанные с лексиконом дискурса пандемии, который носит глобальный характер: медицинская терминология и актуальная лексика оказались общими для всех стран. Разговор выходит за рамки лингвистического обзора, поскольку важно было охарактеризовать действия правительства по борьбе с коронавирусом и общественную реакцию на эти действия, отраженную в языковых явлениях. В стороне не осталось обсуждение стихийно складывающейся языковой реакции на пандемию, выраженной в фактах языковой игры и метафорики, а также обращения к исторической памяти народа о противостоянии бедствиям. Пандемия оказала влияние и на устоявшиеся формы речевой коммуникации. В обсуждении приняли участие исследователи из разных стран Европы: Арто Мустайоки (А. М.; Хельсинкский университет, Финляндия; Национальный исследовательский университет «Высшая школа экономики», Москва, Россия), Надежда Зорихина-Нильссон (Н. З.-Н.; Стокгольмский университет, Швеция), Рафаэль Гусман Тирадо (Р. Г.-Т.; Гранадский университет, Испания), Анна Тоус-Ровироса, Дарья Дергачева (А. Т.-Р., Д. Д.; Свободный университет Барселоны, Испания). Модераторами обсуждения стали Ирина Вепрева и Татьяна Ицкович (И. В., Т. И.; Уральский федеральный университет, Екатеринбург, Россия).