THE IMAGE OF POST-SOVIET RUSSIA AS MIRRORED BY THE NICKNAMES

Felde O. V.

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More than 100 nicknames of famous Russian politicians and officials are analyzed in the aspect of language game theory. The motives of language play wide spread in the up-to-date Russian informal language are revealed.

Keywords: сommunicative space, carnivalization of language, language play, nicknames

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Issue: 6, 2010

Series of issue: Issue 6

Rubric: Topical Problems of Russian Philology

Pages: 25 — 28

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