Voprosy Jazykoznanija. 1999. No. 1

CONTENTS
N.Yu. Shvedova
Some theoretical results of the work over the "Russian semantic dictionary" 		3 - 16
Tatiana M. Nikolaeva, I. Fougeron
Some observations on the semantics and status of complex sentences with concessive conjunctions 		17 - 36
Vadim V. Dementyev
Phatic speech genres 		37 - 55
M.I. Chernysheva, Yu.N. Filippovich
Historical and lexicological (thematic) investigation: An experimental study based on informational technology 		56 - 83
Sergey V. Knyazev
On the criteria of syllabization in contemporary Russian: The sonority wave and the theory of optimal value 		84 - 102
Viktor S. Xrakovskij
Universal concessive constructions 		103 - 122
A.I. Domashnev
New German orthography 		123 - 130
Heritage
Heritage
Oleg V. Lukin
Parts of speech in ancient science (logic, rhetoric, grammar) 		131 - 141
Overviews
Overviews
E.Yu. Protasova
Functional Pragmatiсs: Variant of psycholinguistics or general theory of linguistics? 		142 - 155
Reviews
Reviews
Yu.S. Stepanov
[Review of:] D. Dobrovol'skij, E. Piirainen. Symbole in Sprache und Kultur: Studien zur Phraseologie aus kultursemiotischer Perspektive 		156 - 158
Vladimir M. Alpatov
[Review of:] L.J. Loveday. Language contact in Japan. A socio-linguistic history 		158 - 161
I.A. Perelmuter
[Review of:] M. Sabanééva. Essai sur l’évolution du subjonctif latin. Problèmes de la modalité verbale 		162 - 164
E.E. Babaeva
[Review of:] A. Grannes. Izbrannye trudy po russkomu i slavyanskomu yazykoznaniyu [Selected works on Russian and Slavonic linguistics] 		165 - 170
Academic life
Academic life

Chronicle notes 		171 - 176