Moscow: MGIMO-Universitet Publ., 2013, 316 p. (MGIMO Science School Series) In recent decades, the development of the modern Persian language has been quite intensive. These changes are most clearly observed in lexicology. The change in the paradigm of Iran's socio-political development at the end of the 20th century, which resulted in the introduction of Islamic norms in all spheres of society, the strengthening of globalization processes, the development of communication networks, and the active use of innovative technologies, led to the appearance of a large number of neologisms. In addition to the spontaneous introduction of new terms page 192 The Islamic Republic of Iran is actively working on terminological construction. The Academy of Persian Language and Literature seeks to replace borrowings from European languages with Persian terms, which, although produced on the basis of word-formation models existing in the Persian language, are not always widely used. The rapid growth of neologisms is especially noticeable in the socio-political vocabulary. The constant appearance of new terms that have not yet found a place in Persian-Russian or Persian-English dictionaries, but are not even included in the explanatory dictionaries of the modern Persian language, changes in the semantics of existing words, and an increase in the number of synonyms significantly complicate understanding the meaning of media materials, official documents, and literature on socio-political issues. This makes it difficult to conduct research and analytical work, conduct diplomatic, economic and cultural contacts with representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The reviewed monograph is an attempt to conduct an in-depth study of the processes of formation of socio-political vocabulary and terminology of the modern Persian language, it analyzes the most productive word-forming models and specifies ways to replenish it. E. L. Gladkova's special interest in studying socio-political voca ... Читать далее