The book contains the materials of the next international conference held by the problem group "Logical analysis of language" at the Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences in June 2004 . The authors focus on the problem of the general definition of the concept "Game" The signs and goals of games are considered: play as a struggle, competition, entertainment, training of various types of abilities - physical, mental, professional, mental, etc. A number of articles outline the associative field of the game, formed by such concepts as fate, randomness, luck, luck, excitement, etc. N. D. Arutyunov . Types of Activities. Linguistics and Game Theory . In. Vdovichenko . The Science of Play. Antique and discursive ideas about the object of linguistics . B. Mechkovskaya (Minsk) . Game principle in modern linguistics: excess of forces or uncertainty of goals? A. Morozov . "Physiology" of the game (to the analysis of the metaphor "game as a living organism"), B. and . Postovalova . "Temple Action" as a Symbolic Reality. A. Chamomile . Deadly Games: Agony and AgonyA. and . Sosland . The concept of "game" in the light of attractive analysisA. In. Zimmerling. Life as a game with non-opposing interests G. Bragina . Metaphors of the game in descriptions of the human world (Interpersonal relations), B. and . Gavrilova . Return verbs and suffering communions as a resource of the language game in the artistic textA. A. Dasko (Dubna). Semantic features of the lexicon of simple solitaire . In. Krylova . Coquette, flirt, flirt: game aspects in communication between men and women and . Kustova . Metaphorical meanings of theatrical and game vocabulary. and . Makeeva . Semantic field of words with the root of games- in ancient and old Russian. A. Abieva, O. In. Gaishina (St. Petersburg). Game strategy for building a narrative in electronic art text. N. Bolshakova (Tula). Game in the text space of the novel B. Nabokov "Protection of Luzhin"N. In. Gatinskaya . The interaction of authentic and playful beginnings in language and art worldsA. G. Greek. Verbal play as creativity (based on the materials of the letters Vja . Ivanova to O. Shor), and. B. Itkin . The theme of the game in the novel and . C. Turgenev "Fathers and Sons" . M. Malinovich (Irkutsk). The theme of the game for money really and in vain in the story B. Rasputin "Lessons of French" . G. Panova. Game as a reception: case of Mikhail Kuzmin. F. Ragozina (Dubna). Intellectual games in the novel F. M. Dostoevsky "Crime and Punishment" T. B. Radbil (N.) Novgorod). Concept of the game in anomalous art discourse. T. In. Radzievskaya (Kiev) . Concept game in the field of interpersonal relations (the theme of the game in the story M. M. Kotsyubinsky "Debut"), E. and . Razheva (Dubna). Limerick: Untranslatable Wordplay or Translatable Form Game?C. In. Sheshunov (Dubna). "As You Could Think," or Love Game in A. novels and . Solzhenitsyn. I. Shmeleva . The game in Russian anecdote. M. Vereshchagin . Kirillo-Mefodievsky verb to pick up (sia), O. A. Kazakevich . A game in the folklore of northern SelkupovN. G. Honey (St. Petersburg). Methods of implementing the concept of the game in evaluation nominations (based on Spanish colloquial speech), Tan Aoshuan (China). "Play" with the word "play" in ChineseM. L. Kovshov . Precedent text in a modern newspaper headline as intellectual entertainment E. Levitsky (Kiev), and . In. Nedainova (Lugansk) . Development of non-prototypical models of game situations as a way to create new game sports Mustajoki (Helsinki). Speculativeness and playing tennisO. In. Sakharova (Kiev) . Realization of game strategies and tactics of trickster in the communicative space of Kiev In. Smiling. Play and Addiction: The Semiotic Structure of Addictive Disorders . and . Shapiro . The denunciation: the sociolinguistic aspect (Playing with words as a means of language policy), A. D. Cashews. What lies at the base of the language category "game": particular features (Wittgenstein, Lakoff) or general meaning (Huisinga. What is it?............................. ] .......... B. Levontina, E. I. Shmeleva . Let's play!