Aim. To identify and specify the concept of a sociolect and its correlation with other concepts used in social linguistics (such as a dialect, a register, a jargon, and slang), based on domestic and Anglo-Saxon linguistics and terminology. To indicate the specifics of sociolects and to consider the features of the British English sociolects on the example of “Posh” sociolect, which is widely known in the UK as the most prestigious variety of spoken language.
Methodology. The article presents theoretical provisions related to the problems of defining the concept of “sociolect” in relation to other varieties of language identified by social factors. The study used the following methods: comparative, descriptive, as well as the method of continuous sampling for the selection of material.
Results. In the course of the research, different approaches to the definition of the “sociolect” concept were established, and “sociolect” was determined as a language variety of language reflecting social background of the speaker. Such significant peculiarities of a sociolect were highlighted as the function of the speaker’s identity marker and the conditionality of belonging to a certain social community; distinctive features of the sociolects of the British English language based on the example of “Posh” sociolect were presented.
Research implications. The results obtained can be of interest for the theory of language (dialectology, language history, language situation and language contacts). They can also be used in the development of study materials in dialectology and social linguistics, as well as by the representatives of linguistic specialties to systematize their knowledge about the dialect features of British English.

Aim. To study the specifics of the synergetic linkage of the category “evidentiality” with the modus categories “authorization”, “personality”, “temporality”, “perception” in the discursive space of mass media.
Methodology. The research uses the linguistic synergetic method of discourse analysis which makes it possible to describe the synergetic evidential model and to identify the polymodal evidential semantics that characterize the analyzed discursive context.
Results. It is proved that evidentiality turns out to be semantically wider than the categories “authorization”, “perception” and “personality” and includes the meanings of these categories. Evidentiality also comprises / is complemented by the value of temporality, which makes it possible to identify interpenetration, complementarity or simultaneous implementation of the presented linguistic synergetic principles.
Research implications consist in the possibility to use the given linguistic synergetic evidential model to reveal the interaction of evidentiality with other modal categories, as well as to study the specifics of polymodal meanings representation in various genres of discourse.

Aim. This paper aims to expound the teaching qualifications of Russian teachers with bachelor's degree in Xi'an International Studies University (XISU).
Methodology. Xi'an International Studies University has experienced foreign language teachers, especially Russian teachers. This paper discusses the reformation strategy of undergraduate Russian teaching in XISU. According to the modern characteristics of foreign teaching of new composite majors, XISU has set up a series of excellent innovation classes. This paper discusses the reformation strategy of undergraduate Russian teaching in XISU, that is, including the course of taking Russian as the foreign language, besides, XISU has successively established excellent diplomatic courses (Russian) and excellent translation courses from Chinese to foreign language (Russian).
Results. The paper puts forward the objectives and methods of improving the ability of undergraduate Russian teachers, focuses on the strategies and measures of improving teachers' ability, and interprets XISU`s future endeavor in extensive cooperation and academic exchanges with Russian universities.
Research implications. The results contribute to translation teaching practice.

Aim. The purpose of this article is to analyze Chinese classical poetry in terms of the linguistic means used, through which the author embodies the ideological and artistic idea.
Methodology. The author describes the literary techniques characteristic of Chinese poetry which are aimed at aesthetic understanding of reality. The study applies cultural and philosophical-aesthetic approaches to the analysis of poetic texts, as well as the method of contextual analysis.
Results. The study concluded that the imagery of classical poetry is inextricably linked to the specific features of the Chinese language as part of traditional culture.
Research implication. The main results of the study can contribute to the further improvement of professional and educational translation activities in the field of Chinese poetry.

Aim. To identify the means of word formation in English for business communication which act as the most frequent and productive lexicological tools for constructing terminological neologisms.
Methodology. The study relies on the methods of continuous sampling, lexicological and lexicalsemantic analysis, as well as the inductive method and the method of quantitative analysis. Study material is represented by examples of terminological neologisms registered in the articles of the British press and analysed using relevant research methods.
Results. The study revealed that the prevailing number of terminological neologisms in English for business communication are formed via compounding (41.6%), derivation (22.3%), clipping (15.4%), blending (8.2%), abbreviation (7, 9%) and conversion (4.6%).
Research implications. The article expands the theoretical framework of the previous research that put forward the fundamental provisions of terminology and neologisms study. The practical significance of the work lies in the use of the results of the study in teaching English, lexicology and other related disciplines.

Aim. To establish one of the forms of occasional words’ linguocreativity in the novels by Helen Fielding “Bridget Jones's Diary” and Cecilia Ahern “Where Rainbows End”.
Methodology. We analyze multicomponent and complex occasional words in artistic discourse selected by the method of continuous sampling. Also, we use methods of quantitative and qualitative analysis, distributive and contextual analysis of the collected examples.
Results. As a result of the study, we found that multicomponent and complex occasional words are one of the forms of manifestation of linguistic creativity. They perform a number of functions where the examples presented demonstrate a creative function.
Research implications. The current study expands the understanding of the forms of linguocreativity and contributes to the theory of occasional words.

Aim. To describe the cognitive model of the German verb with the semantics of touch tasten, as a basic verb explicating tactile perception.
Methodology. The cognitive model of the German tactile perception verb tasten is presented. This model includes mandatory and optional signs of human tactile activity, represented in speech situations by means of this verbal lexeme. The research material was text extracts from modern German fiction, where the verb tasten is used in its direct meaning. The study was conducted using contextual analysis, analysis of cognitive interpretation, comparative analysis of a sample from lexicographic sources.
Results. According to lexicographic sources, the tasten lexeme in the predicative function belongs to the thematic group of active contact-directed action. This verbal lexeme and its semantic derivatives represent such nuclear semantic features as “feeling” and “movement”. Contextual analysis of the language material has shown that in speech utterances the verb tasten in its direct meaning objectifies both a typical idea of the tactile perception process and additional cognitive features associated primarily with the purpose of this type of perception, with the physical and emotional state of a person. The structure of the cognitive model of the verb tasten includes, along with the action (predicate), mandatory components – the subject and the object of tactile perception, and optional components – the characteristic of the subject, the characteristic of the object, the instrument of perception, time and place of action. In language utterances, mandatory and optional components are presented both explicitly and implicitly. Optional characteristics of the subject, which include awareness of actions, emotional state, and the purpose of the action, appear in various combinations with the characteristics of the object, such as the properties of the object, its function, and its presence / existence. The analysis of the language material based on the constructed cognitive model proves that the purposeful action of the subject is directed at an object that has certain properties and performs certain functions. The unconsciousness of the action or the emotional state of the subject is more often correlated with the quality of the object or with the very fact of the presence of the object in the surrounding reality.
Research implications. The theoretical significance of the study is related to the possible use of its results in cognitive linguistics. The practical significance can be determined by the possible use of language material and research results in the practice of teaching German lexicology, as well as German as a foreign language.

Aim. The aim of the article is to describe the word-formation and semantic abilities of substantive adverbs with the suffix -weise in German.
Methodology. The key research method is the method of linguistic modeling. The sources of this empirical study are the data from the German corpus DWDS. The author identifies the main wordformation models of substantive adverbs with the -weise suffix and describes their morphological specificity.
Results. It is established that the grammatical categories of the noun have a significant influence on the choice of interfixes which are involved in the derivation. Corpus analysis identified adverbs formed from the singular and plural form of a noun (sackweise – säckeweise) as well as described their semantic differences.
Research implications. The theoretical significance lies in the classification of word-formation models from substantive adverbs with the suffix -weise.

Aim. To study the composition and the content aspect of the final part of opinion pieces in the German media and describe the linguistic mechanisms for the implementation of the journalists’ intentions.
Methodology. A structural and content analysis of German opinion pieces was carried out, ways of implementing the position of the authors in their articles were identified, as well as the potential of language components to increase the impact on recipients.
Results. The conclusions of the author of the opinion pieces include three main components: marking the transition from the argumentative to the summarizing part of the commentary, formulating one's own position and appealing to readers or listeners.
Research implications. The study clarifies the specifics of the genre of “opinion piece” at the present stage of media development. The practical significance is determined by the applicability of the research results in training sessions on rendering newspaper materials, as well as in journalistic practice.