Keyword: «anaphora»

The article examines problematic issues of studying the lexical and communicative functionality of lexical repetitions in a literary text from the perspective of teaching Russian as a foreign language. To this end, the main types of lexical repetitions are empirically identified and appropriate explanations and justifications are given for students to more successfully master theoretical materials on this topic.

The article deals with the way emotive-evaluative constructions function in D.A. Medvedev’s blog in Telegram. The paper shows a high stylistic potential and an obvious satirical effect of lexical, syntactic and phonetic tropes frequently used by the political blogger and ex-president. Historical, biblical and literary allusions are viewed within the context of linguacultural information they render and cultural associations they might arouse. The role of original, sustained and trite metaphors in Medvedev’s posts as a key manifestation of his individual manner is also in the focus of the given paper.