Introduction. The space of the children's world evolves together with a person's ideas about oneself,  the world around them, the development  of scientific and technological  progress. The purpose of this study is to describe the transformation of the space of the child's world, the  change  in the  socio-cultural  position  of the  child through  the  acquisition  of his / her personal  physical  space  along  with the  discovery  of  his  /her  inner  mental  world. The relevance  is determined  by the complexity of the spatial coordinates of the children's world associated with the digitalization of childhood. Scientific novelty consists  in an attempt  to systematize  scientific knowledge in the description of the space of the children's world and to evaluate them from the point of view of the modern socio-cultural state.

Methodology and sources. The methodological basis of the work is a cultural philosophical analysis. The works of G. Bachelard,  A. Lefebvre, M. Foucault and other authors  were used as  a  philosophical  understanding  of  the  problem  of  space.  Cultural and  ethnographic analysis  of the  phenomenon of childhood,  carried  out  in the  works of F. Aries,  J. Duby, M. Mead, K. Levi-Strauss, contributed  to the  understanding  of the  space  of the  children's world and the problem of its transformation.

Results and discussion. The space of the children's world is associated with a combination of various socio-cultural  factors  that change  throughout  historical  time. The space  of the children's  world opens  up in the  eyes  of  an  adult with the  manifestation  of  interest  in children's  experiences, the inner psychological structure  of the child. Great importance  in the transformation of the childhood space occurs at the moment  when the child finds his / her own “place” in the house. The traditional expansion  of the space of the children's world (house-street-city-country-world) in modern times acquires another  dimension – virtuality.

Conclusion.  The evolution of the socio-cultural position of the child in society depended  on the specifics of ideas about  the rules of behavior, social habits, ritual practices.  For a long time, the space  of the children's world was perceived as fundamentally different from the space of an adult, carried beyond its limits. The digitalization of childhood has provided the world with new dangers associated with the risks of finding a child in virtual spaces  beyond the control of an adult.

Introduction.  The  purpose   of  the  article  is  to  illustrate  the  steady  influence   of  the philosophy of Russian cosmism  on the formation  of the urban environment  of the Soviet Union in the 50-60s  of the 20th  century. The authors  set the task to reveal that the motives of  conquering   nature,  associated  with the  achievement  of  the  ideals  of  communism, correspond to the ideals of Russian cosmism.  Cosmism is observed  everywhere  in Soviet art, but in the text the emphasis  is placed on architecture as one  of the main formations forming the city system  at the peak of urbanization  and influencing the consciousness of the Soviet person.

Methodology and sources. A comparative analysis of the philosophical concepts of Russian cosmism  and Soviet ideas  of expansive  conquest of space  is carried  out. Periodicals  and works  of  art  from  the  Soviet  Union  are  analyzed.  The  article  also  outlines  the  main philosophical  paradigms  of  philosophers   based   on  the  works  of  the  founders   of  the philosophy of cosmism (N.F. Fedorov, K.E. Tsiolkovsky,  V.I. Vernadsky).

Results and discussion. It is revealed that the motives of the conquest of nature, associated with the  achievement of the  ideals  of communism,  correspond to  the  ideals  of Russian cosmism. The practical and organic nature of Soviet architecture is evident. It was expressed in  block  construction   in  order  to  solve  the  housing  issue,  but  also  in  more  complex structures  designed  to  confirm  the  power  of the  Soviet people.  It is illustrated  that  the cosmic  forms  in Soviet architecture were defined  literally in two formats:  the  first as the personification  of rockets  in the  form  of TV towers,  the  second  as  the  personification  of plates in the embodiment of the architecture of circuses.

Conclusion. The author concludes that the images of celestial architecture, intended for the speedy  exploration  of  the  cosmic  expanses, were  literally perceived  by young romantic architects  who found the ideal justification for their projects.

Introduction. The concept  of “moral agent” and its boundaries  are  not  currently  clearly defined.  Given the  connection between  moral  agency  and moral  responsibility,  it seems necessary to introduce  a clear  definition of “moral agent”, as  well as  to differentiate  the types of moral agency. The hypothesis  of this article is that although the notion of a moral agent in itself is rather limited, there  are a number of “borderline” groups, the definition of the status of which needs to be clarified.

Methodology and sources. The article  provides an ethical  and philosophical  analysis of approaches to the definition of a moral agency, a comparative  analysis of the concepts of a moral agent and a moral subject,  as well as approaches to determining the moral statuses of  various  “borderline”  groups  in the  context  of  the  works  of  J.  MacMurray, A.  Taylor, I. Kant, M Rowlands, J. Searle and others.

Results and discussion. The article  presents an  analysis  of  the  definitions  of a “moral agent”, highlights the key features  that make it possible  to speak of a moral agency as an independent  moral  concept,  as  well as  determine  the  conditions  for the  onset  of moral agency.  To differentiate  the  types  of moral  agents,  the  article  introduces  the  concept  of “limited moral agent” to denote  the special status of children and the mentally ill. Evidence is provided that  people  belonging  to  these  categories may have  the  status  of  a  moral agent, although not to the extent  that this status  initially implies. As part of the definition of artificial intelligence as a “quasi-moral agent”, the key features  of AI in the framework of moral communication  between  AI and a person are identified.

Conclusion.  Based  on the  analysis, the  article proposes a number  of requirements for a moral  agency.  Based  on these  requirements, it is proposed  to  distinguish such  types  of moral agency as a limited moral agent, including children and the mentally ill, as well as a quasi-moral agent, which is an artificially created  agent, including artificial intelligence.

The article deals with the problem  of ethical assessment of the liquidation of the GDR as a state structure  and its integration into the political and economic  space of the FRG. According to a number  of historical and sociological sources,  “reunification” was not the reason  for the search  and finding of a common  language  between  West and East Germans,  but, on  the contrary, the reasons for discord and deep  mutual distrust and rejection.  On this basis, the work analyzes the  views of both  sides,  and also conducts  a philosophical  reflection  on the value bases  (ethical axioms) of the key evaluative positions  of both East and West Germans regarding  the  actions  of  the  West  German  government,  the  conditions  for  concluding  a monetary  union of the  two Germanys,  as well as in relation  to privatizations East German companies.

The second  part of the translation  of the interview, which was taken in October  2020  from the  German  historian  Dr.  Markus  Böiсk  by  the  YouTube  blogger  Ole  Nymoen  on  the channel  "Wohlstand für alle", is presented to the attention  of readers.  In the second  part of the  interview, there  is a discussion  of corruption  scandals  related  to the  work of the Treuhandanstalt,   an   organization   for   managing   the   privatization   of   East   German enterprises. M. Böiсk demonstrates all possible  positions  from  different  points  of view, different  participants  and  witnesses  of those  events.  Such  a multi-level and  multi-sided view of a scandalous  and controversial  historical topic may prove to be suitable  material for future  philosophical  and methodological  research concerning  the  ethical  assessment of historical events and political decisions.

Introduction.  The relevance  of citizenship  institute  basics  research is actualized  by the upheavals  in economic,  social, and political systems.  The scientific novelty consists  of the outlined   neoinstitutional    approach   and   Ju.   Habermas   communicative   action   theory perspectives  as a methodology for corporate citizenship of mediatized society study.

Methodology and sources. Neoinstitutional  approach  and Ju. Habermas  communicative action theory represent the methodological  basis of the research. Citizenship is reviewed as a social and political phenomenon with implied active position of the subject,  rather than a legal   status.   A   comprehensive   analysis   of   empirical   data   is  based   on   transparent nonfinancial  reporting  of  Russian  companies,  which  are  the  members  the  UN Global Compact Network, with well-developed large-scale  socially oriented programs and projects of corporate sustainability, and expert interviews.

Results and discussion. The deepening  mediatization of postindustrial society influenses the formation  of corporate citizenship social and political phenomenon, whose structural basis is represented by value-based communicative figurations. The empirical study allowed us to outline the key features of the corporate citizenship formation model in Russia.

Conclusion.  Postindustrial  society  network  structures   deployment  forces  the  transition from  bureaucratic  logic  of  industrial  society  institutional  structures   to  communicative rationality of sociopolitical designing. From the perspective of the neoinstitutional approach, communicative  figurations established by corporate citizens represent structural basis for local communities  members socialization and influence corporations’ subjectivity acquiring in political communications system.

Introduction. The Chinese language, unlike Russian, has several terms,  denoting different statuses of Chinese migrants, but there  is no term  such as “diaspora”. These  features  are interpreted  by the  authors  along the  lines of social ontology as independent  sociological concepts, constructing  particular migrant groups. The article’s oobjective  is to show their internal coherence and correlation  with the notion  of “diaspora” as well as to outline the difficulties and problems  occurring  as  the  result  of the  interaction  between  researchers dealing with the topic. The relevance of the study stems  from the fact that researchers have paid little attention  to differences in national academic  discourses  that are meanwhile very important because intercultural differences can only be negotiated  if there  is an understanding  of what they are.  With regard  to diaspora  discussions,  this understanding has  yet to be  developed.  The article  shows  that  in diaspora  studies  there  is a language barrier,  which at the  moment  is currently an impassable obstacle for authors  who write about the diaspora in different languages.

Methodology and sources. To work on the article, the authors  used a discursive analysis of academic  texts  on Chinese migration and Chinese migrants, as well as dictionaries  and official documents  such as the Large Chinese-Russian Dictionary, the Tsihai Dictionary (辞海 ci hai – Sea of words), the Large Russian Encyclopedia, State Council resolutions, and Chinese legislation.

Results and  discussion. The treatment of 10 terms  replacing the notion of “diaspora” in Chinese language is disclosed. The authors  describe  characteristic features  of each group. It is illustrated that there is a linguistic asymmetry, as a result of which the European notion of  “diaspora”  receives  specific  connotations  when  translated   into  Chinese  that  cannot account  all the  features  of this community,  thus  in the  Chinese  academic  discourse  the substitution   with  the  most  important   from  the  translator   and  editor's   point  of  view equivalent (the situation “instead of diaspora”) is made.

Conclusion.  It  is concluded  that  in Chinese,  through  translation,  the  author  expresses important  features of  the  migrant  community,  emphasising  either  its  closeness, or  its distance to the “diaspora” status.

Introduction. The purpose of the article is to study and construct the typology of situations of the  national  identity actualization  of young people  in the  digital space.  The scientific novelty of the work lies in the study of the constructing national identity process  as a result of the  assimilation  of institutional  nation-building, passed  through  the  filters of personal attitudes,  that can be observed  in the variability of representing national  identity ways in various social situations.  The relevance  is conditioned by modern socio-political conditions and the need for in-depth study of the category of national identity.

Methodology and sources. The research methodology is based on the approaches of social constructivism (the nation as an “imaginary community” by B. Anderson), symbolic interactionism  (the dramatic approach of I. Goffmann), ethno-symbolism (everyday nationalism  of  J.  Hutchinson)  and  memory  studies  (cultural memory  of  J.  Assman). The research method is a discourse analysis of blogs in TikTok and Instagram, the unit of analysis is a blog as a case,  sample  size made  up 127  cases.  The collection  of empirical data took place from 01.26.2022 to 03.10.2022.

Results and discussion. The digital space provides the conditions for the maximum degree of  intensity  of  the  national  identity representation, which can  be  represented in social networks  by  a  wide variety  of  forms  (costume,   text,  music,  image,  scenery,  etc.).  The following types of representation of national identity in the network have been  identified: national identity as a “profession”, as “fandom”, national identity in the context  of constant updating  (migrants,  intercultural  marriage),  in  the  context   of  everyday  life,  situational national identity, lack of a specific national identity.

Conclusion. The conducted empirical research allows to construct the typology of situations of national identity of young people representations in the network. The typology is based on  the   degree   of  intensity  of  national   identity  representation.  The  typology  can  be represented as a continuum, on one pole of which there is a vivid representation of national identity, on the other - an active blurring and confusion of national markers.

Introduction.  The  article   is  aimed   at  a  comprehensive  and  holistic  analysis  of  the judgments  existing in Orthodox circles regarding physical culture and sports, reflecting the Orthodox   worldview and  its  values.  The  novelty  of  the   article   lies  in  the   empirical substantiation of the  role of the  physical and spiritual development  of believers  against the  background  of sports  practices,  as  well as  the  substantiation of contradictions  and problems  of perception,  sports practices  in the conditions of the Orthodox worldview. Methodology and  sources. A  comprehensive  approach  to the  problem  of studying and analyzing sports practices  is used as a methodological  basis. The main research method  in the work is an Internet survey.

Results and discussion. According  to the  study, it should be  noted  that  there  is no unity among Orthodox people in understanding  the role of physical culture in Orthodox spiritual development.  Most people believe that the call for the development  of their body is not the work of the church, they do not see  any sin in the underdevelopment of their body. This is the  result  of the  influence  of various values  that  are  in one  or another  society  in which people  live. Therefore,  it is especially important  to emphasize  the role of the church in the educational process  of physical culture among young people and the younger generation.

Conclusion. In general,  the author  of the article comes  to the conclusion  that there  is no unity among  Orthodox  people  in understanding  the  role of physical culture  in Orthodox spiritual development.

Introduction. The article deals with pragmatic syncretism and syncretic aspects  of hedges – words and phrases  used to mitigate claims, that is make them vaguer, more tentative  and more uncertain. Hedges are looked upon as a type of discourse markers which are focused on the writer-reader interaction  and the writer’s self-presentation.

Methodology and sources. The research is based  on the speech  genre of the official thesis review known for its especially mitigated language, which may be determined  by publicity of thesis  defences at a viva voce in Russia, positive evaluation of thesis  made at a predefence stage and potential personal relations of the degree seeker, their supervisor and the reviewer. The corpus  of 64  reviews (about  90 000  words) written by Russian scholars  was analyzed including reviews in linguistics, literature studies, history, physics, chemistry and medicine.

Results and discussion. The author introduces  the notion of pragmatic syncretism  which involves the  merging  or  assimilation  of  several  pragmatic  functions  performed   by one linguistic unit while realizing several illocutionary tasks. The research allowed to single out two varieties  of hedges:  1) single purpose  hedges  aimed only at mitigation of claims and 2) general purpose hedges aimed at mitigation of claims together with some other interactive task. Among these  additional tasks are the following: authorization  (self-mentions), performative, evaluative in relation both to the proposition or to the words used by the author. According to the quantitative analysis, syncretic hedges  make up 52 % of all hedges  used in the  reviews.  The author  provides  the  pragmatically  oriented  analysis  of syncretic  hedges realizing strategies of indetermination, subjectivisation  and depersonalization. Strategies  of subjectivisation  and depersonalization are registered  as most frequent.

Conclusion.  It is emphasized  that hedges  are predisposed  to syncretic usage  due to their inherent  modal meanings which are realized integrally and which are, therefore, difficult to specify. The ontological ground of this tendency  is associated with the symbiotic nature  of human  thinking where  rational  and  sensuous  baselines   are  naturally  and  productively reconciled.

Introduction. The paper  considers  Middle High German  poetic  nominations  of a warrior such as helt ‘hero’, ritter ‘knight’ and degen  ‘warrior’ combined  with epitheta  ornantia.  The aim of this paper is to find out the most characteristic contexts  for these  lexemes.

Methodology and sources. The research is based on methodology of historical pragmalinguistics and cognitive linguistics, in particular on the frames’ theory by Ch. Fillmore. As material for the research serves the Livonian Rhymed Chronicle (late XIII^th cent.), written in the East Middle German dialect. The text’s linguistic features  are scarcely studied by historical linguists in Russia. The Chronicle was written under the influence of courtly epics, which fact was discussed by U. Arnold, M. Fischer, H. Kugler, A. Murray and others.

Results and discussion. In the Chronicle’s text there  were selected  10 frames  that include the  analyzed  nouns  with epitheta   ornantia.  The  noun  helt  can  also  be  found  in parts including and introducing  direct  speech.  Each of the  three  nouns  was analyzed as  to  in which frames it is attested and which epitheta  are more common in each frame.

Conclusion. A  conclusion  was drawn that  the  noun  helt  ‘hero’  appears  in almost  all the frames,  ritter  ‘knight’  appears  mostly  in frames  that  refer  to  static  situations  and  degen ‘warrior’ – in frames that refer to dynamic situations. Moreover, the lexeme  helt ‘hero’ has a wider distribution range in the Chronicle than the other two nouns.

Introduction. At this time the  language  continuum  of Dutch on the  territory of Flanders undergoes  significant changes  and develops in the direction of three-part  paradigm, which consists  of the  standard  Dutch language,  intermediate (tussentaal)  and  various  dialects which explains the actuality of the studies of the intermediate language. The purpose of the study is to analyze the variety of the intermediate language, its components, combinations and correlation  between  the dialect features  and the features  of the standard language, as well as to analyze the problem of distinguishing the dialects and the intermediate language which explains the novelty of the study.

Methodology and  sources. The study of conducted  using the  publications  and articles  in Dutch (Flanders), TV series,  talk-show on the Flemish TV, interviewing some  informants.  The data was collected  and analyzed using the method  linguistic observations, questioning  and comparative analysis. The theoretical  basis of the research is language variation.

Results  and  discussion.  In  the  intermediate  language  of  the  language  continuum  of Flanders  there  are  different  variants  which are  formed  due  to  the  interference of  the primary, secondary  and tertiary dialect features, as well as due to the interference of the elements of the standard  language in different degrees.  There are general  features  of the intermediate language typical for all territory of Flanders on the one side and on the other side  local  differences. The  intermediate  language  gains  strong  positions  in the  media, culture and advertising.

Conclusion.  Some dialect features  have a high degree  of interference in all variants of the intermediate  language  in  Flanders,  they  become  an  integral  part  of  the  intermediate language  and  don’t  prevent  the  speakers   from  understanding   each  other.  Due  to  the dominant  regional character of the variants of the intermediate language native speakers can easily identify the origin of the respondent.

Introduction. The purpose  of the research is to consider  the linguistic actualization of the main characteristics of the artist's visual perception in the interview discourse. The relevance of the research is due to its inclusion in the context  of modern anthropo-oriented study of cognition of the world by a creative person.  The novelty of the research lies in the fact that for the  first time  the  process  of perception  of the  world by an English-speaking artist  is studied as an event within the framework of a complex  linguistic and cognitive approach, which allows to analyze its specificity to the fullest extent.

Methodology and sources. The methodological  basis of the research was made up of the works   of   the    linguists-cognitologists    L.V.    Laenko,   I.Yu.   Kolesov,   psychologist    V. A. Barabanshchikov who revealed distinctive characteristics of perceptual image and substantiated  the  expediency   of  perception   as  an  event.  The  research  material   was interviews  with English-speaking  artists  from  the  Internet  versions  of  the  newspapers devoted  to  the  life and work of modern  artists.  The methods  of lexico-semantic, frame, contextual  and pragmalinguistic analysis were used.

Results and discussion. The article reveals the peculiarities of visual perception  of the world by contemporary English-speaking artists, which are reflected in the discourse of the interview. The author  reveals  the multidimensionality of a subject  of perception,  different  ways of its representation on the verbal level: as an observer-actor and as a “offscreen” observer.  The paper shows the specificity of visual perception of the world by the artist as a perceptual event that  possesses spatial  and  temporal  coordinates  and  such  significant  characteristics  as dynamism, motivation, focus and emotionality. The denotative situation of perception is actualized in English by personal  pronouns,  active-action  predicates,  perceptual  predicates, existential constructions, phase verbs, and state change predicates.  The important feature  of the artist's creative perception  of the world is the forming of the necessity  of representation in his  consciousness perceptive  image  by means  of  painterly  signs.  As  a  result  of  such representation the given perceptive  image receives  the further  development  and becomes the basis for creating an artistic image to be embodied in an art work.

Conclusion. In the interview with the artist there  is a complex process  of cognition of the world  by  the   creative   person,   based   on  the   perceptual   event.   Visual  perception   is represented by the artist as a directed activity, which is to learn and which requires  certain efforts  and motivation. As a result of the perceptual  event that the artist experiences, an artistic image is formed that is actualized in the work of art.

Introduction.  This  article  is  devoted  to  the  modern  language  policy  in  Germany.  An analysis of intra- and extra-linguistic factors  that influence  the steps  taken by the state  in relation  to  the  languages  spoken  on  the  territory  of  the  country  makes  it possible  to characterize the  position  and  status  of  the  language  of  the  titular  nation  in Germany. Consideration   of   the   current   situation   can   help   to   draw  a   conclusion   about   the effectiveness   of   the    implemented    language   policy,   suggest    further    ways   of   the development  of the German  language, and also understand  the underlying causes  of the evolution of the language and its current state.

Methodology and sources. The article is based  on the results  of the analysis of modern studies  of  the  role,  status  and  specifics  of  the  German  language  by such  linguists and philologists as Yu.V. Kobenko, S.A. Zhilyuk, V.I. Kozhevnikova, A. Kirkness, W. Hendelmeier, as well as the analysis of the main laws and legal acts in Germany regulating its language policy. For a more  complete  description  of the  studied  phenomenon, the  classic  works of N.B. Vakhtin, E.V. Golovko, A.D. Schweitzer,  L.B. Nikolskiy devoted  to  language  policy, were considered.

Results and discussion. Language policy is a powerful tool of social control.  Due to the specifics   of  the  formation   of  a  unified  German  state,   it  is  possible   to  talk  about   a systematically  implemented  language  policy only from the  end of the  19th  century - the moment  the German  Empire was founded.  The current  position of the German  language in Germany is determined  by many extralinguistic factors, both diachronically (primarily by the  role  and  position  of the  Third Reich in world history) and  synchronically  (the  trend towards intensive cultural dialogue, openness of borders,  priority support for the rights of linguistic minorities).

Conclusion. At   the   moment,    the   German   language   is   affected    by   the   values   of multiculturalism  and  pluralism cultivated in Europe  and  the  actively ongoing  process  of globalization. Recognizing the  importance  of the  German  language  in the  process  of the formation  of German cultural identity, the German government  is forced to focus primarily on  supporting  other  languages  and  dialects  common  in the  country.  The  question   of supporting and securing the German language as a state  language at the legislative level is still to be discussed.