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The article analyzes complex cognitive mechanisms which underlie multiple changes that have affected value systems of English and Russian speaking communities throughout the centuries. It is assumed that values permeate conceptual world view at all its levels and changes in axiological system are bound to have far-reaching consequences - sometimes even posing a threat to the viability of a community. In the present paper changes in axiological underpinnings of Anglo-American and Russian world views are examined building on the example of socio-temporal concept of "everyday life". The method employed is that of conceptual analysis, which is still viewed as quite authoritative and reliable. Drawing on diverse empirical data from the English and Russian languages the authors argue that general vector of everyday life perception dynamics is that of successive devaluation. The latter is thought to be caused by the shift of the concept's basic reference value that might be prompted by universal cognitive mechanisms of metaphoric, metonymic and metaphtonymic mapping. Leading to a common result - elimination of some or all of the conceptual value features - the process of devaluation in each language has a number of unique characteristics. These culture-specific features reflect a direct correlation between main tendencies in temporal experience categorization and various non-linguistic factors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study was aimed at describing the value system of sexual workers in private sex business. The study used the quantitative research strategy and the technique of standardized VALS (Values and Lifestyle) questionnaire. Additionally to the questionnaires, the respondents were also subject to biographical-narrative interviews dealing with the motivation for work in sex business, risk behaviour and other topics. The research set consisted of women working in private sex business (N=37) and advertising their services in the South Bohemian Region and in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. The article is a partial output of the GAJU 029/2016/S project - Life style of women in private sex business and their (self-)reflection. All questionnaires were evaluated with the help of a specific online program. The analysis showed that the primary VALS type, Strivers (23), and the secondary VAL type, Experiencers (8), can be most frequently found among the women. Due to the low number of the respondents, the results cannot be generalized, but specific trends in the typology development are obvious, for example by the respondents' age where the age category of 18-24 years includes the highest number of the Strivers type, while the category of 25-29 years has a decreasing number of that type. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The goal of the article is to determine the factors that cause changes in the attitude of the youth toward migrants based on the regular monitoring results. It deals with the socio-cultural consequences of modern migration processes and their influence on the modern communicative space as well as on the youth value system and priorities. A tenyear social survey shows that the youth value system is volatile and dependent on both external and internal factors. The expansion of anti-migrant attitudes of young people and their attitude toward representatives of dominant ethnic groups are linked together. Two problems that influence the cross-cultural interaction of the titular nations and migrants are discussed and explained, specifically: adaptation of migrants to the culture and living conditions of the dominant ethnic groups and formation of tolerance of indigenous inhabitants to refugees. The article substantiates socio-territorial, cultural and factorial and cultural-communicative approaches which help determine the role of cultural patterns in the maintenance or destruction of the traditional communicative space, in the formation of the youth value system as well as in enhancing the motivation of young people to secure continuity of historical and cultural traditions, particularly, those of the Russian civilization. The conducted research reveals the socio-cultural consequences of the migration processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper deals with structure variability of the interconnected values "country", "ethnos", "religion", and relations between them in bilingual consciousness depending on the language of value representation. The research material is informants' reactions in directed chain associative test. The test was carried out with bilinguals (Komi- Permyaks and Bashkirs; for each group the test was run in two languages). Qualitative and quantitative features of the semantic word groups, representing the values under study were analyzed. Research results demonstrate that the values' structure and their hierarchy in bilingual language consciousness depend on ethnic group of bilinguals as well as on the language of value system representation. The work is realized by the support of the RGNF grant, project Nº 13-14-59004 a/U. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]