Nataliya Kyrashkina

The paper gives a review of modern scientific disciplines involved in bird study. The most important achievements in this area obtained by Russian and foreign specialists are shown, they allow to demonstrate the significant part of birds in human life. The possibility of bird study in the context of ecolinguistic paradigm with the aim to preserve the beauty and diversity of the world reflected in a language is noted.

The article tackles the problem of the necessity of creation of ecologically oriented dictionaries which stimulate a gradual formation of an ecoanthropocentric outlook. A brief survey of some groundwork in the area of lexicographic organization of animal names done in this country is given. The principles of presentation of ornitholinguistic material in the “Comparative Dictionary of Ornithonyms” are revealed and the prospects of further work in ecolinguistic sphere are outlined.

The article tackles the problem of the necessity of study of nonverbal components in close connection with the usual verbal means of communication. The survey of scientific schools studying nonverbal means of communication and terminology used to indicate the phenomenon in question is given. The structure and contents of the seminar “Nonverbal Means of Communication”, its aim and tasks are outlined; also the approximate range of problems for course papers that reflect the most topical issues of the research in the given area is demonstrated