The problem of linguistic support of the Russian federal law "On Resistance to Extremist Activity"

The urgency of the problem considered in the article is defined by thelinguistic and extra-linguistic factors. The analysis of these factors is connected with the languagesituation in modern Russia. The appearance of new forms of public communication, mass involvementand absence of censorship influenced the appearance of texts expressing aggression in its broadmeaning.Active processes in the national self-determination sphere created two opposite tendencies: thetendency to independent existence and the tendency to activation of communication with otherpeoples. As a result, there are a great number of texts on a definite theme in modern mass media. TheRussian federal law On Resistance to Extremist Activity was a response to the challenge of the time.The realization of this law led to the necessity of the linguistic analysis of the texts more or lessinfluenced by this law. At present, expertises of such texts are practiced, but there is no theoreticalunderstanding of these processes. Linguists have to create universal approaches to the analysis of thesetexts, development of functional, cognitive and communicative aspects of linguistics. There appearednew interdisciplinary directions: forensic linguistics, political linguistics, within which all thesequestions are tried to be answered. In the authors opinion, it is necessary to have separate programsallowing the solution of all the problems systematically.The article shows the most urgent problems that have to be solved immediately from the authorspoint of view, for example, the problem of explaining the terms extremism and extremist activity,finding their semantic similarity and difference.Special attention should be paid to the analysis devoted to the terminological and nonterminologicalsemantic parts, for example, fact, event, opinion. The creation of the list ofconstructions expressing the semantics of the appeal (direct or indirect) can facilitate the qualificationof language factors.The problem of the typology of linguistic expertises should be solved as well. While setting theprinciples of the linguistic expertises procedure, special attention should be paid to the studying ofmodels and ways of forming the negative image of a representative of this or that national, racial,social or religious group. On the basis of such an image, humiliation, discord and propaganda ofoneness or inferiority - parameters of extremist activity - appear. The professional linguistic analysisof commission findings and judgments belonging to the sphere of this law is also very important.Special attention should be paid to the linguistic analysis of the text of the Law to developrecommendations on improving this text. The introduction of the system of suitable monitoring wouldwork as well.It is necessary to hold comparative studies on the basis of different languages to increase theeffectiveness of the law connected with the problems of the international partnership in the sphere ofwar on terror.Language interest in proper is taken to historical and etymological commentaries andinvestigations of terminological vocabulary.The suggested complex investigation can be useful for the preservation of stability and nationalsafety in the process of social and economic modernization.

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