Keyword: «sky»

The article identifies the problem of determining time in various sciences, presents a physical interpretation of time and proves that the method and means of measuring time are due to a real physical periodic process. The means of measuring time are considered in historical retrospect. Data on the measurement of time using a homemade equatorial-type sundial and the assessment of their errors are presented.

The relevance of the proposed study lies in the fact that the study of binary oppositions, their functioning and features of verbalization in the linguistic and mythopoetic worldviews of a particular author is intended to help reconstruct the model of the world that has formed in his mind. Currently, there are no works devoted to such an analysis of A. Platonov's work.The purpose of our work is to consider the functioning of the binary opposition "earth – sky" in A. Platonov's novel "Chevengur" and to identify the individual author's features of the writer's mythopoetic worldview in relation to the national worldview.