The article is devoted to the study of the evaluative component of the meaning of lexical means used to describe relations between family members in the novel “In Chancery” by J. Galsworthy. The relevance of t &he study can be attributed to the lack of works devoted to this problem. As the results of our study demonstrate, the words of the lexical-semantic group “family” were mainly used to ver...

In this paper we present an innovative work on a multiagent joking conversational system. In our research so far we have shown that implementing humor into a chatterbot can visibly improve its performance. The results presented in this paper are the outcome of the next step of our work. They show that a multiagent system, combining a conversational agent, a pun generator and an emotiveness anal...

In this paper we introduce our idea of emotiveness-analysis-based timing algorithm, aimed to detect conditions in which it is appropriate to tell a joke in a conversation. We briefly summarize existing works concerning correlations between emotions and humor and describe the outline of proposed algorithm. The concept is to be used in our research on joking conversational systems.

OBJECTIVES Intrusive memories of extreme trauma can disrupt a stepwise approach to imaginal exposure. Concurrent tasks that load the visuospatial sketchpad (VSSP) of working memory reduce the vividness of recalled images. This study tested whether relief of distress from competing VSSP tasks during imaginal exposure is at the cost of impaired desensitization. DESIGN This study examined repeat...

Metformin, an oral anti-diabetic agent in the biguanide class is a widely prescribed drug to treat high blood glucose in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Metformin has three different roles, including blood glucose regulatory effect, protection of kidney tubular cell by acting as an effective antioxidant and finally ameliorative effect on diabetic kidney disease through saving the podocy...

The article presents a survey of the metaphor- and simile-related researches in modern linguistics considers stylistic functions metaphors similes contemporary fiction. It is based on novel Goldfinch (2013) written by American writer D. Tartt, winner Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2014). proves that tropes question used book are unique striking. They perform figurative descriptive functions, contr...

This article analyzes the role of interdiscourse relations in formation emotive component novels fantasy series “Discworld” by Terry Pratchett. Interdiscoursivity is regarded as interaction one-level and multilevel components a discourse within imaginative novels. Interdiscource presuppose elements that are integral parts discourse, namely, subjects communicative situations, facts relating to c...

The ameliorative effect of the aqueous extract of three medicinal plants P. fraternus. Terminalia A., and Moringa oleifera (PF, TA, and MO) on arsenic trioxide (As2O3) induced alteration in lipid peroxidation (LPO) and protein contents was studied in vitro. Liver from healthy chicken (Gallus domesticus) weighing 1.2 to 1.5 kg was bought to laboratory in frozen condition from local slaughter hou...

AMELIORATIVE EFFECT OF SESAME OIL ON STREPTOZOTOCON- INDUCED OXIDATIVE STRESS IN MALE RAT HIPPOCAMPUS