Keyword: «irony»

The article deals with the way the lexical stylistic device of antonomasia is used in Harry Potter novels. Speaking names are viewed within the context of information they render and cultural associations they arouse. The author comes to the conclusion that Rowling’s ample use of antonomasia can be reinforced with other tropes that have a similar linguistic nature.

The purpose of the article is to identify the language means of a pun explication in Kozma Prutkov’s aphorisms, which can serve as signs of the satirical and ironic idiostyle of this fictional character. The types of lexical dominants of pun aphorisms, as well as super verbal means of creating a pun effect are analyzed here. Comparative and classification methods for systematization of linguistic material are used in this investigation to establish differential features of keywords and paradigmatic relations between them.

The paper analyzes the linguistic means of creating the image of former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson by two politically opposite media sources. The analysis of the publications of The Guardian and The Sun showed that the editorial offices form two opposite images of B. Johnson – from the «king of clowns», «a frivolous and worthless politician» to «a charismatic leader», «the most significant prime minister since Margaret Thatcher». The widespread use of linguistic means has made it possible to create both a negative image of the politician and a positive one.

This article examines the development of professional competence of a foreign language teacher within the context of teaching the "Home Reading" course. Irony, a stylistic device, is used as an example.To determine the level of understanding of irony in the artistic text, special classes were prepared and conducted. The article describes the results of the lessons. During the empirical study, the difference in the formation of an understanding of irony in the artistic text was revealed.

This article examines the phenomenon of linguistic conflict, represented through a system of antonymic relations in Russian aphorisms. An aphorism is understood as a concise, complete statement with significant philosophical or pragmatic potential. Antonymy, being one of the fundamental semantic relations of language, goes beyond simple opposition in the space of aphorism, becoming a tool for explicating the deep contradictions of human existence, thinking and society. The article analyzes the types of antonymic oppositions (contrarian, complementary, converse, vector) used in aphoristics and identifies their specific functions: the creation of an antithesis as a rhetorical device, the actualization of paradox, irony, the formation of value judgments and didactic attitudes. The research material is a corpus of Russian aphorisms and catchphrases of the XVIII–XXI centuries.