The International scientific conference «The Firsova Readings. Linguistics in the 21st century»

November 14-15, 2017 on the base of RUDN University Department of Foreign Languages (Philological Faculty) was organized The International scientific conference «The Firsova Readings. Linguistics in the 21st century». This year the conference was devoted to a wide range of main linguistic issues dealing with the interdisciplinary directions of the 21st century research, such as pragmatics and discourse analysis, intercultural communication, translation theory and teaching methods, comparative studies of languages and cultures, socio-psycholinguistics. The purpose and objectives of the conference were to discuss the results of interdisciplinary research in the field of linguistics; exchange of experience in the experiment realization part of scientific research and identification of changes in the language system. The conference was held in the framework of the RUDN University Competitiveness Enhancement Program “5-100“.

Leading scientists of russian and foreign universities took part in the conference: the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics (Neymengem, the Netherlands), The University of Helsinki (102 QS World University Rankings, Finland), the Institute of Philology of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Lomonosov Moscow State University ( 95 QS World University Rankings), Volgograd State Socio-Pedagogical University, State University of Humanities and Technology, Pushkin Leningrad State University.

Well-known scientists from leading foreign and Russian universities made speeches and presentations at plenary sessions of the conference: Arto Mustajoki, professor of Russian language and literature at The University of Helsinki; Gunter Senft, Doctor of Science, Professor of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics (Nijmegen, The Netherlands); Nguyen Khanh Toan, Ph.D., Professor of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences; Stella Sivakova, Professor of Russian Language and Literature, Faculty of Letters, Soka University Of Japan; Asayama Ryuichi, Professor, Dean Faculty of Letters, Soka University Of Japan; Alain Vio, Professor, Head of Science Programs, University of Bordeaux 3 (France); Miloslavsky I.G, , Doctor of Philology, Professor of Lomonosov Moscow State University; Ivanova S.V., Doctor of Philology, Pushkin Leningrad State University; Kulikova E.Yu., Doctor of Philology, leading researcher of the Institute of Philology of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

In their reports leading scientists presented solutions to the current problems of the interdisciplinary areas, comparative studies of languages and cultures, language contacts and intercultural communication, linguistic heterogeneity and conflicts in the context of globalization and questions of modern translation.

There were 5 sections with the participation of young scientists:

1) the language picture of the world and the language personality, comparative studies of languages and cultures;

2) pragmatics and discourse analysis, identity in language and communication;

3) the linguistics of the text;

4) intercultural communication and translation, language contacts and conflicts in the era of globalization;

5) Linguistics of the 21st century is an interdisciplinary paradigm. view of young scientists (Romano-Germanic languages, eastern languages).