Maksim Krongauz is a Doctor of Philology, professor, Head of the Russian Language Department, and Director (and one of the founders) of the Institute of Linguistics at the Russian State University for the Humanities. He graduated from the Philology Department of Moscow State University. He specializes in problems of the semiotics of language and culture, Russian grammar, theories of dialogue, political discourse, and humor. In recent years he has concentrated on changes in contemporary Russian language. In his latest book, Russian Language on the Edge of Nervous Frustration, Prof. Krongauz shows that the speech of today’s Russians might be not only the object of criticism, but also the object of professional study, and appeals that one should fall into despair about the state of their native language.
Lecture is dealt with changes in the Russian lexicon and reasons behind the disappearance of certain words.
