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This article complements the description of the informative-motivational text, which has recently been gaining great popularity among other types of scientific texts. The research material of the article allows not to limit the study of this type of text to the texts of natural-science orientation. It is noted that the texts of legal orientation are also important for understanding the features of style. A large thematic variety of legal scientific articles with different tasks in relation to the reader is revealed. The type of the text researched by the authors shows rather high level of expressiveness due to the frequent use of lexical stylistic means. The terms "lexical stylistic means" and "epithet" are defined in the article from the point of view of their functioning in an informative-motivational type of the text. The importance of lexical stylistic means and other expressive means is explained by appealing to a wide range of addressees in this type of text in order to influence the public consciousness and to form images and stereotypes required by the author of the legal text. The creation of such images becomes possible through the use of various means of expressive devices. The main feature of the figurative presentation of legal material is the absence of a direct nomination between the described scientific denotation and the lexeme. The analysis of the material has shown the great prevalence of derivatives formed by suffixation in the legal texts. The paper highlights the idea that the presence, along with professional vocabulary, lexical stylistic means in the informative-motivational text of the legal language allows to emphasize the validity of attributing this type of text to a special type, namely informative-motivational type of scientific text. The presence of expressive means can be considered its characteristic feature, which is innovative in the study of scientific text.

Toponyms are a complex system, the semantic and structural features of which reflect the cultural and historical peculiarities of the nation. The toponyms of Norfolk Island stand out from other toponyms of the English language due to the isolated geographical location of the island and its violent history. This article discusses in detail the extralinguistic factors that determine the semantic features of geographical names of Norfolk Island. The historical factors that influenced the creation of a significant number of place names include the fact that the settlement of Norfolk Island was founded as a British penal colony. Other factors include political and economic dependence on the UK, and later on Australia. It is noted that the most important among such factors is the motivation of the residents who inhabited Norfolk Island after its discovery by Captain J. Cook. The historical factors we are considering influence the formation of certain connotations of the toponyms of Norfolk Island and Australia. The article proposes a structural and semantic classification of toponyms of Australia and Oceania. The criteria that served as the basis for describing the classification include the presence of positive or negative stylistic coloring. It is noted that some names change their stylistic coloring. This phenomenon is an example of historical rehabilitation. Among the most common anthropogenic factors affecting the structure of toponyms, we have identified the influence of historical figures on the development of the island and the difficult living conditions of the first settlers. Such factors determine the choice of a toponym and are reflected in the presence or absence of its stylistic coloring.

This article assesses the role of geographical and social factors that influenced the toponyms currently officially fixed on the maps of Australia and Oceania. It is noted that the fundamental reason for naming the toponyms of Australia and Oceania is the desire of speakers of different languages to leave a memory of themselves on geographical maps. The names of the largest number of Australian place names were given by the first settlers — navigators and discoverers. A significant number of them are English geographical names. Among the least common extralinguistic factors influencing the formation of toponyms, the names of vital objects by natives stand out. The instability of such toponyms in the language is noted. Such toponyms are mostly descriptive. Due to the wide field for research activities, a unified universal classification of toponyms has not yet been developed. The article analyzes the classifications of toponyms existing in linguistics and proposes its own classification of toponyms based on practical material from the geographical names of Australia and Oceania. The main criteria for highlighting the structural elements of the classification is the presence or absence of word-formation elements, many of which are typical for the sphere of toponymy. A large group is formed by phrases, which the authors of the article subdivide depending on the number of components. Particular attention is paid to the use of the article as part of the toponym, as well as graphic signs. The classification presented by the authors of the article also makes it possible to judge that the toponyms of Australia and Oceania are part of the lexical system of the general literary language.