Keyword: «language personality»

The article considers phraseological units as integral components of the language personality of an opposition politician. It was revealed that phraseological units are used by the opposition politician in appeals to the addressee, where they create an atmosphere of easy dialogue and reduce the distance between the author and the addressee. In addition, phraseological units act as a means of self-irony, conveying to the addressee information about the author as about an ordinary emotional person. Used for a negative assessment of political opponents, phraseological units allow a politician to create ironic, contemptuous, offensive characteristics of the actions and personalities of political opponents. It is concluded that phraseological units are important components of the linguistic personality of an opposition politician.

Definitional characteristics of the linguocultural type «dervish» in Arabic and Russian linguocultures are represented in this article. They are embodied here through the analysis of the definitional features of this type in lexicographic sources and notes of travellers as well as on the basis of its description in the historical essays both and in scientific literature in Russian and Arabic. Universal and regional features of the concept under consideration in both linguocultures have been recognized. Dictionary interpretations of the concept of «dervish» are highlighted, its lexical and semantic field is analyzed. The main conceptual characteristics of this linguocultural type were derived based on the analysis of dictionary and encyclopedic definitions.