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The article considers the origin of New Zealand English. The paper analyzed basic lexical innovations that formed national literary norms based on British dialects and the Maori language. Extralinguistic factors led to the specificity of New Zealand English. It was determined by the sociolinguistic status of English in New Zealand. Despite relatively short history of New Zealand, English has progressed from being a variety comprising a mixture of British English dialects to being an autonomous variety of its own. ...

Festivities are one of the most stable forms of spiritual culture which undergo significant transformations as the result of globalization. Not only the spectrum of festivities, their functions, and traditions, but also the attitudes of people and their knowledge about festive culture are changing. The influence of festivities, having originated in Western Europe (St. ValentineВ’s Day, Halloween, etc.), is another significant trend that has become evident in contemporary Latvia. The research analyses the specifici...

Nutrigenomics (NGx) is an emerging area of study focusing on the interaction between nutrients and genotype which is useful in understanding and preventing chronic diseases. It is also called personalised nutrition, an approach that uses individual information to develop dietary advice, products and services that are beneficial for human health. The success of the introduction of NGx depends heavily on public acceptance. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to determine Malaysian stakeholdersВ’ intention to adopt N...

The article is devoted to the actual problem of studying the stereotypes of speech behavior in the English corporate communication. It attempts to systematize and explain these features through the type of culture and the category of politeness, which is considered as the most important regulator of communicative behavior. The formation of a corporate specialist and the style of oneВ’s professional work is also influenced by the specialization chosen by the employee: there are established patterns of behavior in e...

The paper deals with the peculiarities of using the storytelling technology in the FMCG products branding as one of the techniques for value-oriented emotioning, i.e. purposeful formation of consumerВ’s emotional response [1]. The study of this aspect in branding is especially relevant today because in a highly competitive environment and with a lot of messages with similar rational arguments, it is difficult to achieve an impassioned and emotional response to the branded goods and to form a differentiated offer. ...

Current discussions about future vocational teachersВ’ perspectives usually imply the notion of a strong personality and a competent professional. The idea of professionalism is inseparable from the idea of self-authorship the central issue of which is the formation and development of personal interior voice not only of students, but of young teachers as well. Self-authorship is regarded to be more than a skill that can be taught; it requires a transformation in young teachersВ’ attitude towards nature of knowledg...

Nowadays the business microblog register is an object of linguistic research because its structural and semantic properties require further investigation in terms of linguostylistics, discourse analysis and business rhetoric studies. The relevance of the work is due to the fact that today the register of microblogging and its semantic structure have not been studied in the context of business communication. The authors aim to find out what functions are performed in business messages of the social network Twitter....

linguistic phenomenon of the English language. Studying distinctive features of structure and semantics of phrasal verbs in political discourse in relation to their polysemy appeared to be out of linguistsВ’ scope. The research paper aims to investigate the major structural and semantic peculiarities of phrasal verbs within the context of a written political discourse, namely in the articles dedicated to the partiesВ’ Brexit discussion in the Parliament of Great Britain. The В‘phrasal verbsВ’ were chosen with the ...

The present case study deals with the trilateral relationship of the student, the university, and the employer. The article describes the current state of the cooperation of organizations with other partners in their contact sphere. The article also includes a basic classification of organizations, their goals, and their ideas concerning the cooperation of organizations in this trilateral relationship. Organizations can be broken down by jurisdiction into the public and the private sector, but also by industry, by...

The challenges Europe is facing today rely on the entrepreneurship development which stands for economic growth and new job creation. As the Entrepreneurship 2020 action plan promotes, the new businesses are crucial for economic development of Europe, being the powerful drivers for better productivity, new skills acquisition, and opening new market sectors. In this view, the paper attempts to investigate the current issues encountered by Romanian enterprises in their entrepreneurial path and the related effects on...

The paper presents the significant aspects of the interest rate, considering that it performs an important function in the banking system. Taking in the consideration that money represents the blood that supplies the system, the interest constitutes the way in which it develops. The interest rate is the main item in relation to which the interest is calculated. There are presented and analyzed the interest rates charged by the credit institutions at: term deposits in lei, term deposits in euros, deposits in lei on...

Responding to the call of the times, women around the world are becoming more and more self-sufficient when it comes to matters of financial security and making key life-changing decisions. Therefore, it becomes important to study the influence this trend has on the populationВ’s well-being, and also to study what factors of this matter are pertinent to the well-being of women. Studies from across the world give reason to believe that, despite the fact that a number of studies confirm a positive correlation betwee...

The purpose of the study is to identify the nature of sociocultural units selection as subjective or objective in Russian as a foreign language textbooks by the example of personalities and idioms. In the research the methods of the study are a method of personalities continuous selection from Russian as a foreign language textbooks for Beginners, content-analysis of Russian as a foreign language textbooks for Beginners and modern Russian idioms textbooks for foreign students; analyses of different forms of socioc...

It is an increasingly widespread view that the Roma are a specific and unique ethnic group, since they do not have a state and have never been at war; moreover, most of them preserve their ethnic (Roma) identity, refuse to merge into the majority society and actually intend to never give up themselves for the mainstream society. The research focused on superstitions about an important turning point in human life, i.e. on superstitions related to death, as deaths affect people and the fate of a tight community (esp...

Small and medium sized enterprises (SME) have an important role in developing the economies of each country in the world, no matter their domain of activity. In Romania, the number of such enterprises is significantly smaller than in other EU countries, as official Eurostat (2018) statistics prove. In this case, the Romanian authoritiesВ’ decision of supporting the creation of new SMEВ’s through a four-year program is praiseworthy. While the main idea of such a program is to offer the beneficiaries at least a part...

The concern for the environment has become increasingly relevant since the second half of the last century. The principle of sustainable development started to be considered sig-nificant in the environmental legislation around the same time. The evolution of the prin-ciple of sustainable development can be followed through the pronouncements of the in-ternational organizations, first and foremost the United Nations. From the Brundtland Report and the Rio Declaration, to the Paris Agreement and the UN Agenda 2030, ...

Modern transport development with an increase in the number of vehicles and increase in fuel consumption as well as building roads is also causing unintended, adverse consequences. Transport adversely affects the air, water, soil, produces noise, creates waste, and harmfully affects wildlife. It is one of the largest polluters of the environment, so it is not surprising that the various stakeholders are interested in topics related to the environmental impact of transport, as well as in measures to reduce the nega...

It is known that cognitive anthropology tries to look at the picture of the world from the inside, through the eyes of the carrier of culture, to understand and describe the world of people of other cultures in their own terms. Most ethnologists-cognitivists are guided by the definition of culture as a system of values, scenarios of behavior, ideal models. It is assumed that each ethnic group has its own system of perception, thinking, behavior, emotions. Currently, the basic concepts of cognitive anthropology can...

The study is devoted to “Lilja”, Icelandic Christian drapa dated 1300 c; attempt is made to comprehend and interpret highest artistic merits of the text which persuaded Icelanders in its spiritual power and influenced Icelandic poetic tradition. The endeavor to identify the poetic moves and principles of composition which contribute to “Lilja”’s artistry and its intrinsic magnetism implies attention to the nature of interaction between local traditions (both, eddic and skaldic), and, on the other hand, Ch...

Observing the growing diffusion of personal quantification devices, the research aims to deepen an area within which it is possible to derive real added value through the acquisition of data. Starting from a theoretical approach regarding the analysis of the emotional state of an adult in an automatic way, the paper comes to the definition of a system grounded on a theoretical knowledge using a tangible prototype in order to increase the emotional skills of a child in the age of development (social emotional learn...

The article examines the current status and prospects of development of the Russian tax system, analyzes it, considers problems and ways of its improvement. The article includes the following sections: introduction, general characteristic of tax system of Russia; elements of the tax system of Russia; prospects of development of Russian tax system. In each paragraph the essential elements of the current tax system of the state are revealed. The trends developing in the modern tax system of the Russian Federation ar...

In the life of a child, a pupil, student, the authority is fundamental and is of key importance for its further social experience. As a dynamic element, it is subject to a number of changes especially between childhood and adolescence. We cannot separate the authority from the educational process, as the constitutive element of the teaching profession it manifests itself in the social relationship between the teacher and the learner. The teacher plays an important role in this process, as the pupils are reliant on...

Our article focuses on the teacher`s individual concept aimed at the cooperation with pupil`s family. It analyses the individual concept of teachers as part of their professional competence which influences the way teachers teach and it also determines the teaching process. To a certain degree, it also has an impact on their communication and cooperation with families of their pupils. The article clarifies the understanding of the family-school relationship. It explains how to include parents into the teaching pro...

The article describes a role-playing game for sociology majors who study English as a foreign language. Drawing on the experience of American and Spanish authors we have developed a game that is instrumental in checking studentsВ’ knowledge of sociological terminology, translation skills and factual material. The rules of the game are easy to master even for people who have never played board games and its mechanics can be easily adapted to fields other than sociology. Anecdotal evidence from students reveals that...

The present study is based on the fact that nowadays the sphere of education is constantly developing. The clear majority of universities all over the world tend to provide their students with higher education that will be recognised globally. There is a wide range of universities in Russia that follow this trend. Institutions of higher education are designed for students with diverse language backgrounds among them there are universities that focus on teaching students with a different ethnic and linguistic origi...

The problem of adaptation of migrants in receiving countries determines the urgent need to find ways to solve it. The article notes that a special role in the process of rooting foreign citizens in a new community plays the study and perception of its history, traditions, language, spiritual values. Particular attention is paid to the development of tests as one of the means of testing the acquired knowledge, and the socio-cultural adaptation. The authors analyze the materials of the manuals and the content of the...

A translator is a mediator between a recipient and an addressant. Such incumbency demands on the translator to be sensitive to all peculiarities of the source texts. Undoubtedly, dealing with translation one needs to elaborate special skills, which are taught in special establishments and on a special program “Translator in a sphere of professional communication”. Most students understand professional translational activity unclear and tend to catch this field of activity rapidly. However, translation is due t...

The article considers the interrelation between technoscience and humanity in the contemporary university environment. Postmodern is seen as a communicative context and fundamental property of technology development. This problem is urgent because we always need some existential form of thinking, to understand what we are performing. In other words, technological and science exaltation should always “kept cold”, by examining, observing, thinking, and acting in consideration of this analysis. The authors point ...

Throughout Europe almost half a million people choose to acquire food products from a network of community supported farms, thus changing the ways in which food products are produced, processed, distributed and valued in everyday life. The community supported agriculture (CSA) has a ten-year history in Romania (starting with 2008) as a concept linked to ethical consumption, solidarity and revival of traditional values. The study is based on case studies of how the concept was implemented in Romania, challenges for...

The article discusses the regional characteristics of the demographic processes of Russian Federation. The causal relationships between socio-economic factors and demographic indicators in the context of the subjects of the Russian Federation are disclosed. The theoretical justification of the study was the concept of a geodemographic situation. The concept of geodemographic situation allows to prove the need of movement from quantitative indicators of evaluation to qualitative characteristics and indicators of th...

In the article the authors studied the activities of the International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage in Russia and abroad, they identified the stages of development of this movement both in Russia and around the world. The authors use the methodological techniques and methods adopted in science, use both general scientific, historical and cultural methods. The historians note the features of each of the presented stages and identify the role of individuals and state, regional and scient...

In the 1970s negative demographic and economic trends became a burden for fiscal systems of the “Golden age” welfare states. The neoliberal theory responded by cutting social rights, diminishing the scope of services provided by the state and strengthening the market. Values of uniformity and solidarity were replaced with efficiency and profit. Consequently, the sustainability of “pay-as-you-go” pension systems came into question. The measures towards capitalization and privatization differed. This arises ...

The paper examines alternative forms of the museum – concepts of contemporary art museums by artists in comparison with the traditional museum buildings and following the initial artists’ interventions in the exhibition space formed in the first half of the 20th century. The thesis analyses several concepts of the contemporary art museum by active artists from the 70s-90s of the 20th century, which according to their authors, present an ideal platform for art presentation. The analysis reveals that the artists ...

The problem of ageing population is increasing. So, the governments in different countries are trying to find some solution of the deficit of the pension systems and so different types of reforms suggest itself. These reforms can be only parametric or can be also systematic. The parametric reform is represented mainly by the increase of the pension age and by the increase of the minimum insurance period. But it needn?t be satisfactory and for that reason a lot of governments in the middle and east Europa were tryi...

The strict preventive measures in the financial sector force money launderers to seek alternative channels for money laundering operations. Unique characteristics of the football sector and sport in general represent alternative means of money laundering than in the sectors traditionally exploited by money launderers. Likewise actions were noticed by some football and European authorities as a starting point of raising awareness of the money laundering risks and establishing implementation of the anti-money launde...

Museums are essential and important elements of saving information, local traditions and ways of lives of our ancestors. It is very important to preserve and protect museums themselves – their buildings and their collections against extraordinary events. Extraordinary events are, for purpose of this article, undesirable, unwanted and objectionable events, which require rescue system arrival. For example, natural disasters such as flood, windstorm, heavy snowfall etc., but also human caused disasters such as fire...

This research studies Eastern Europe’s attractiveness for private equity investors in terms of each of the seven main drivers identified by the following authors : Black and Gilson (1998), Gompers and Lerner (1998), Jeng and Wells (2000), Romain and de La Potteria (2004), Felix et al. (2007), Groh (2009), respectively Bernoth and Colavecchio (2014). We use aggregated data from Eastern European private equity market during 2000–2013 as well as macroeconomic data, to estimate a panel data model. The main seven dr...

The article presents the results of the examination of the fragments of cast-iron cauldrons found in the territory of the Kazan Kremlin, which date back to the period of the Kazan Khanate in the 14th-15th centuries. The examination of the samples of cast-iron cookware was carried out using the methods of scanning electron microscopy and optical emission spectroscopy. We analyzed the structure and the micro-trace composition of the samples of Kazan cast-iron and undertook its comparative study with the samples of B...

During the “Wilhelmine” era in the German Empire (1871-1918) several large-scale prisons were planned. The evolution of those structures started in the first part of the 19th century with “castellated style”, neo-Gothic architecture of prisons (Breslau, Ratibor, Beuthen). Large prison structures (Wohlau, Gross-Strehlitz, Siegburg, Herford, Kassel, Wittlich, Neumuenster, Berlin-Tegel, Breslau - Kletschkau Strasse, Wronke, Freiendiez, Stuhm,) were also adorned with architectural neo-style costumes, related t...

The aim of this study was to identify a change in the attitude and behaviour of secondary school students from “Fine Arts High School” of Timi?oara, Romania, after their optional involvement in the refurbishment of their classroom. Students could experience ‘design thinking’ and learn steps necessary to put their creative ideas into a project, and then implement the project: “Classroom of my dreams”. 20 students filled in a 22 points questionnaire for the post occupancy evaluation, five months after the ...

In the Old Testament, the family constitutes the basis of the Israelite society. The Hebrew wisdom presents the foundation of a family as the goal of man's life. The first commandment given to man in Paradise was the perpetuation of the human and the domination of the earth (Gen. 1:28). The process of procreation is not a purely biological one and he depends not only on man himself, but God intervenes in his creation, promising many descendants (Gen. 15:5, 16:10, 22:17, 26:4). That is why, in the Old Testament, th...

The article is devoted to colour naming study of medicinal herbaceous plants in Russian and Kazakh languages. The fundamental principles of Russian and Kazakh scientists, dedicated to studying this issue, are presented in this work. Similarities and differences in color naming of the compared languages are revealed according to analysis, which indicate the importance of color naming in linguistic world view of two nations.

Today, the most urgent issue that faces start-up entrepreneurs is the issue of attracting funding for the implementation of the project. Traditional forms of capital raising, such as credit, can solve these problems, but it may be problematic for start-up companies and individual entrepreneurs to take out loans on good terms. The problem of capital search served as an impetus for the development of new models for financing projects, one of which is crowdfunding. Crowdfunding is becoming an increasingly popular sou...

The paper is devoted to the analysis of constructing a new concept “politeness” in the Soviet culture in the 1930s. The methodology of the paper is based on V. Volkov’s and S. Fitzpatrick’s ideas about mastering culture by the Soviet people. Principles of new Soviet politeness are revealed, and main etiquette situations typical for children’s everyday life are characterized (communications with classmates, teachers, parents, behaviour in public transportation, sports events) on the materials of the popular ...

The construction of those commemorative monuments dedicated to the Fallen of the First World War began during the war itself, and was a way of coming to terms with the loss of loved ones, both as family members and comrades. However, with the advent of Fascism after the Great War, the idea which had formerly lain at the basis of memorial erection underwent a change. Prior to the rise of Fascism, commemorative monuments had focused on the concept of patriotism and commemorated either one specific individual or grou...

The second year in a row Latvia takes the leading position among the European Union countries in a rate of newly diagnosed HIV cases per 100 000 inhabitants. Especially, last years the number of newly diagnosed cases through heterosexual transmission is growing while the number of infection cases through homosexual and intravenous drug usage transmission is decreasing. Previous study shows that there is a possibility that heterosexual people formed a false understanding about HIV if they are faced with a communica...

Romania of the year 2019 crosses the largest exodus in its history and we are not talking about the village-city mobility but directly about international migration. At the same time, in the popular culture, Romanians are not known to be big entrepreneurs. They innovate, are spontaneous, have many ideas, but entrepreneurship is not a trait that characterizes us as people. Also, the working population migrates massively, which does not encourage the development of rural areas. This paper aims to analyze and radiogr...

The term audionarratology was coined by Jarmila Mildorf and Till Kinzel in 2014, as a reaction to Lawrence Kramer who had argued a few decades earlier that music could not act as a narrative on its own. They took an opposite stand by offering theoretical considerations as well as methodological challenges with emphasis on narrative experientiality, audioception, situatedness, auricularisation, and focalization in sound. While they covered spoken language, radio plays, sound installations, music, video games, and t...

The work examines the story of the Lanerossi spinning plant in Foggia, a case of a company that experienced the negative effects of the extraordinary intervention policies for the South of Italy and which, together with other industrial companies, arose in the same years and under the same auspices. a few years after its establishment, all the criteria on the basis of which the firm operated their strategic choices and the ways in which it implemented them had been questioned. The changes in public opinion and in ...

This paper introduces the results of a survey examining the reading habits of Hungarian students in Slovakia. As the largest ethnic minority in Slovakia is Hungarian, it has extensive primary and secondary native language school networks. The purpose of this research is to map the reading habits of students to answer the question how these habits of different age groups change and what indicators (social background, school success) they correlate with. We have chosen questionnaires composed of 28 questions as a me...