Vol 8, No 1 (2024)

The possibilities of developing pragmatic competence from the point of view of forming a multicultural linguistic personality is considered in the study. The structure of pragmatic competence is analyzed. Based on a comparative analysis of the English and French languages in the aspect of pragmatics, the classification and analysis of pragmatic markers at the lexical language level are carried out. Methodological recommendations on the organization of integrative teaching of grammatical means of English and French languages are proposed. An algorithm for the formation of the pragmatic competence of a linguistic multicultural personality has been developed.

At present, the provision of qualified legal assistance is impossible without establishing full trust between the client (confidant) and the attorney. This research is devoted to one of the most relevant aspects related to advocacy – attorney-client privilege. The essence of attorney-client privilege, its concept, content and meaning is analyzed.

This study evaluates the prospects for the development and expansion of the use of such a specific source of law as an administrative contract in Russia. The features of an administrative contract are analyzed in detail in order to understand the uniqueness and specificity of this source of law. The development history of some types of administrative contracts in Russia is investigated. It is concluded that the administrative contract as a source of law in Russia is actively developing.

The peculiarities of labor relations of agricultural workers in the owner’s economies of the Central Chernozem region in the late 19th – early 20th century are analyzed. The problems of mutual relations of both the employer and the employee are characterized. It is established that after 1861 landlords were increasingly interested in maintaining the profitability of their industries, increasing the profitability of the agricultural complex, which caused the selection of not so cheap as competent and disciplined labor force.

The ethical issue of virtual forecasting, its expediency and impact on people’s value orientations are considered. The purpose of scenario engineering in its application, its causes and consequences are identified and analyzed. An analytical study of historical material on the application of the predictive method and its further transformation into predictive virtuality has been carried out. The ethical aspects influencing the very application and development of scenario technology are revealed.

The sequential study of English and Chinese languages is considered. A comparative analysis of the consonantisms of English and Chinese languages is carried out, their similarities and differences are revealed, phonetic features of consonontal sounds are analyzed. The principles of the consonantism formation through the organs of the speech apparatus are analyzed. The use of consonant sounds in speech is considered by examples.

A comparative analysis of 34 idioms of English and French is carried out using a parallel concordancer. In the course of it, a relative coincidence is found in the percentage of metaphorical uses of idioms. Similarities and differences in the use of zoonym components in them are revealed. The connection between the influence of idioms on mentality and successful communication is considered.

The results of the research devoted to the diagnosis of emotional state and its dynamics in women during weight loss are presented. The research involved female subjects aged 21 to 38 years with excessive weight. The methods of self-assessment of emotional states (A. Wessman and D. Ricks), the Feeling, Activity, Mood questionnaire, the Differential Emotions Scale (K. Izard), the Color Relationship Test of A.M. Etkind are used for data collection. The importance of the research is determined by the widespread and ever-increasing number of people with overweight and the resulting consequences in the form of violation of mental and physical health.

In this work, a superhydrophobic coating on St3 steel is obtained using modification of electrodeposited nickel with myristic acid. The wetting edge angle is 154°. Corrosion gravimetric tests are carried out: during 14 days of exposure, the samples were kept in an aqueous NaCl solution with a concentration of 0.5 M. The protective effect is 80 %.

The work done inside the eco-stations-microgroups formed for the interaction of students of the natural science field and schoolchildren is presented. For the development of project skills among schoolchildren of grades 7–8 of the MAEI “Center of Education No. 13 named after Hero of the Soviet Union N.A. Kuznetsov” in Tambov, and the formation of environmental education within the framework of joint activities of schoolchildren and students, an ecological trail is developed. The work is carried out in four directions, thanks to which students studied the environment and its parameters within the framework of the project and the territory of the ecotropy.

The economic application of Data Science (DS) has been investigated. DS – “data science”, originated at the junction of statistical and numerical data mining. The paper describes the main most promising areas and areas of effective use of various DS tools. Using the example of the Russian functioning markets, the use of “data science” methods in economics is illustrated. The constructive potential of DS is shown, which can be used in the process of goal-setting in the digitalization context of the economy to ensure the economic security of the Russian Federation and build effective marketing strategies.