Voprosy Jazykoznanija. 2008. № 4

CONTENTS
V’ačeslav Vs. Ivanov
On the evolution of processing and transmitting information in human and animal communities. 		3 - 14
A.D. Koshelev
On the principal paradigms of studying natural languages in the light of cognitive linguistics. 		15 - 40
Z.A. Zorina
Monkeys not only «think», but «speak». 		41 - 50
Aleksandr E. Kibrik
Linguistic reconstruction of cognitive structure. 		51 - 77
W. Chafe
The role of introspection, observation and experimentation in understanding of mind. 		78 - 88
K. Družkin
The determinative phrase in ancient Greek. 		89 - 103
Overviews
Overviews
Pavel Iosad
The Optimality Theory: an overview. 		104 - 121
Reviews
Reviews
Irina B. Levontina
The anthology of concepts. 		122 - 126
Valerii M. Mokienko
W. Wysoczański. Językowy оbraz świata w porównaniach zleksykalizowanych. 		126 - 131
Yakov G. Testelets
A. Pereltsvaig. Copular sentences in Russian. A theory of intra-clausal relations. 		131 - 136
Vadim B. Krys’ko
Typographical typicon: Typicon with contacarium (end of 11-th – beginning of 12-th century). 		136 - 146
Alexander B. Letuchiy
D.A. Peterson. Applicative constructions. 		147 - 151
Academic life
Academic life
L.L. Fedorova
International conference «Stereotypes in language, communication and culture». 		152 - 154
Nikolai N. Kazansky
XIX annual Indo-European conference (Los-Angeles, 2–3 November 2007). 		155 - 157