• Original research article
  • July 10, 2013
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MEANS OF CREATING SPEECH PORTRAIT CHARACTERISTIC OF PERSONAGES IN R. N. MITRA’S CREATIVE WORKS

Abstract

The authors consider the means of creating speech portrait characteristic of personages through the use of lexical units of different linguistic registers, the use of proper names from history, mythology and literature by a hero, and conduct the analysis of heroes’ speech portrait characteristic functions by the specific examples from the series of detective novels of contemporary American writer R. N. Mitra.

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Author information

Artem Borisovich Borunov

Vladimir State University named after A. G. and N. G. Stoletov

Viktor Trofimovich Malygin

Russian Academy of National Economy and State Service under the RF President (Branch in Vladimir)

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Publication history

  • Published: July 10, 2013.

Keywords

  • речевая портретная характеристика
  • функции речевого портрета
  • Р. Н. Митра
  • speech portrait characteristic
  • function of speech portrait
  • R. N. Mitra

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