The Russian language has come a long way. Today, when thinking about the international significance of the Russian language, it is enough to look at the statistics. More than 250 million speakers from all over the world - the figure is more than impressive. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12
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It is important for high school students, graduates of humanitarian faculties and philologists to know the variety of means of artistic expression and cases of their use in the works of classics and contemporaries. If you want to know in more detail what tropes are, a table with examples will replace dozens of literary critical articles for you. Last modified: 2024-01-18 03:01
Word formation is considered to be the most difficult section in the Russian language. According to statistics, in Russia every day people come up with one new word that comes into use or remains in the passive vocabulary. At the same time, few people think that there are parts of speech that do not have an ending. In the article you will learn about the features of such words and the rules of morphological and derivational parsing. Last modified: 2024-01-18 03:01
What is "hype"? What is it like to be heard in Russian rap, which project is the largest in Russian rap for PR and the most important stars of hip-hop in the past year. Khovansky and Purulent as the two main nuggets of 2016. The meaning of the word "hype" in musical culture. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12
Let's talk about an ambiguous phenomenon and the word behind it. "Popularization" is our object of study. On the one hand, when ideas come out of their habitat, this is good, but when the place changes, various distortions occur. We will analyze not only the meaning of the word, but also the subtleties associated with it. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12
For a long time you promised yourself to finally learn English, but something distracts you all the time? But you can start right now! And not in the format of cramming and studying grammar, but with the help of the interactive "Teacher's Method". This course allows you to learn a language from scratch and can be used as a smartphone app. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12
Are you planning to take an international English proficiency exam or do you need a foreign language for work? Do you want your child to be bilingual, or do you dream of communicating with native speakers without embarrassment? The BKC IH language school network provides its students with the opportunity to realize any aspirations. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12
The world is developing rapidly, and every day a modern person hears more and more new words. What is a "present" and is this word used correctly by a modern person? How is a present different from a gift?. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12
Mood is a word that is becoming more and more popular every year. It is found in everyday life, in the texts of contemporary artists (especially rappers), in memes and fiction. But what does mood really mean? Learn more about it and how to use it in this article. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12
Does a person often want to soap his neck? This desire is normal when it comes to showering or bathing. But as soon as we are talking about someone else, the meaning of the phraseologism takes on an ominous meaning. Consider it. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12
More and more often we hear that the statements of some people become the basis for some kind of negotiations, changes, transformations. So what is a saying and why does it have so much power? Let's try to understand. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12
Type is a multifaceted word. It is found both in everyday speech and in scientific articles. And all because it has not one, but several meanings. We will make its definition the object of our study, and also consider synonyms and examples. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12
Silence is a sign of consent. Consent strengthens the house. Where there is love, there is harmony. What unites these well-known proverbs? That's right: the word "consent"! From this article you will learn what it means, how it changes in cases and numbers, what synonyms this word can be replaced with in order to avoid repetitions. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12
According to mythology, all modern languages evolved from one. And although scientists do not find confirmation of this, several linguistic families have been identified in the world. In general, researchers distinguish several types according to morphological features: agglutinative, inflectional, incorporating and isolating. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12
Language is one of the most interesting objects of research. Today we will look at the concept of a single-valued word. Examples, of course, will not keep you waiting either. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12
Modern English syntax is not equivalent to Russian, although it has common points. What in the traditional system is denoted by similar concepts may behave differently in a practical situation. Thus, we will briefly designate the grammatical terms of the English language without rigid reference to the Russian classification system. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12
The phonetic process that takes place in a language explains many of the spelling rules. That is why it is important to know the signs of such linguistic phenomena and their types. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12
"The eyes see" - it is from these two words that the adverb "obviously" comes from. This concept in Efremova's dictionary is interpreted as "absolutely clear", "undoubted", that is, based on its two components, it means "the truth before the eyes." Similar words - obvious (n.) and obvious (adj.). Last modified: 2024-01-18 03:01
"Aul" is a word supposedly derived from one of the Turkic languages. Most researchers attribute Kazakh, Azerbaijani, Kyrgyz, Tatar or Bashkir roots to him. Usually it denotes some settlements of the traditional type of the Caucasian or Turkic peoples. This may be a village or a village located in the highlands, a camp of nomads, mainly residents of Central Asia. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12
What unites Afghanistan, China, Mongolia and Russia? Language. I use the Mongolian language not only in the state of the same name. We will talk about its range and features in the article. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12
"Pink glasses" is synonymous with idealism, an illusory outlook on life. Those who look at life through rose-colored glasses are prone to daydreaming, unable to make the right decision. The origin of this expression and the features of the pink color are described in the article. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12
Words, like people, are born, live, grow old, die. Over time, they can change meaning, be reborn. Known to us as an insult, the word "creature" has evolved over the course of its existence. It's not just a swear word. It has many meanings. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12
The article talks about the origin of the word "right hand", about its meaning in Church Slavonic speech. It is said about the use of this word in the literature and about the additional meanings inherent in this word. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12
The meaning and origin of the word "staff" is described in the article, the properties that magical staves possessed are described. The custom is explained to end the feast with a glass "on the road". It is told how this expression entered songs, ditties, literature. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12
Every person deep down dreams of becoming rich, so as not to think about tomorrow and live for pleasure. But what is we alth? Do people correctly interpret this concept? And is it only material goods that are meant by this word? Perhaps the category of we alth is not as narrow as it is commonly believed in society?. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12
The meaning of the word "gray eminence" has almost nothing to do with spirituality. If the cardinal is a church title, then the gray cardinal is a collective image of the shadow ruler. The phrase "gray cardinal" has its roots in the seventeenth century to the king of France, Louis XIII. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12
Communication is essential to the success of any organization. This is a kind of "circulatory system" of any enterprise. Successful leaders, top managers and competent specialists have achieved success largely due to communication skills. How to strengthen and simultaneously develop interpersonal, group and organizational communications will be described in detail in our article. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12
Do you know what a literary text is and what is its main difference from the texts of other functional styles?. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12
Modern English is significantly different from its original form - Old English, or Anglo-Saxon. A vivid example of this is the ancient monuments of literature. They are unlikely to be understood by a person far from the study of ancient literature. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12
In our article we will talk about English numbers that any user who learns this language faces. It will be a conversation not only about numbers. This will be an attempt to explain the rules for the formation of the plural in English in an accessible way. The fact is that these rules are significantly different from what we are used to encounter in Russian. Many begin to get confused and incorrectly use some words. To prevent this from happening, you need to carefully study the topic. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12
A literal translation is one in which the order of words and the construction as a whole in the original language is preserved. The form of expression of the original and the translated text also coincide. Literal translation has its own characteristics. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12
Idioms exist in both English and Russian. In this article, you will get acquainted with interesting English idioms, learn about their origin and compare with Russian phraseological units. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12
A language combines units of different orders, and therefore is recognized as a complex system, within which subsystems of individual tiers of the language structure interact with each other. These tiers form the levels of the language system. A significant characteristic of system relations in a language is their hierarchy: the units of each subsequent tier consist of units of the previous one. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12
This article will focus on a linguistic phenomenon - polysemy (polysemy of a word). Here you can learn about the connection of polysemy with other lexical concepts: synonyms, antonyms, how the figurative meaning of a word creates conditions for the use of artistic means of expression, and what is the narrowing and expansion of the semantics of the word. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12
The article will discuss the grammatical nuances of the formation of divisive questions, intonation and the difficulties of translating into Russian. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12
Many questions arise when adverbs and nouns with prepositions similar in sound and spelling are used in the text. This situation is itself prone to error. Let's look at an example: for frequent or often, how is it spelled?. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12
How do you spell "I don't mind", together or separately? I would like to answer this question to those I meet: how did you manage to avoid the opportunity to learn this? But everything is quite simple. A person refuses to take into himself information of the practical usefulness of which he has not been convinced. And, unfortunately, most will understand this benefit, already faced with the problems that have arisen due to illiteracy. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12
Phraseologisms are integral and vivid turns of speech, idioms. Many of them have been formed in the language so long ago that obsolete words in their composition already make it difficult to understand the meaning, although the stable phrase itself is used and relevant. For example, what does "small small less" mean? To determine the meaning of phraseology, let's deal with the concept itself. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12
Not everyone can accurately formulate the definition of "work". Find out the lexical meaning of this word, as well as what types of labor activity are. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12
Phraseologisms, idioms, catchphrases, turns of phrase - all these are stable expressions that are used for accurate and apt remarks in speech. Often a successful word enters the language from the pages of a book or is constantly heard, being a line from a song. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:12