Date of Publication: 2008-08-01

In the first part there are articles of the yenisseic phenomenon from historical point of view by prof. H.Werner (Germany), the role of mythology in the linguistic researching, the diachronic approach to the typological analysis of mental vocabulary, the expression of possessivity in the paleoaisatic languages, the diachrony of grammatical categories in different languages, historical linguistics and Lev Gumilev’s theory of ethnogenesis.

The second part deals with a concept-centered approach to the researching of the vocabulary on the base of cognitive theory, some articles are devoted to the problems of lexicography. In the third part articles consider different grammatical problems, for example – the problem of the zero-sign by Pyotr Tschesnokov.

The next part deals with problems of pragmalinguistics, and the last part considers the questions of etnolinguistics and translation, as simultaneous interpreting, ethical Concepts formation of national linguo-cultural communities.

The book appeals to philologists, teachers and students.

Galina Polenova, PhD, Doctor of Linguistics, Professor, Head of German Language Chair, Taganrog State Teachers’ Training Institute, Taganrog, Russia.

Research interests are historical linguistics (German, Ket), the reflection of mythology and folklore in the language, Ket language.

Olga Bondarets, Ph.D., Linguistics, Associated Professor, Chair of Foreign Languages, Taganrog State Teachers’ Training Institute, Taganrog, Russia.

Research interests are historical linguistics (Russian, English, Latin), Lexicology (borrowings).