Some Ways of Increasing Expressiveness in Russian Anecdotes

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Doklady Bashkirskogo Universiteta. 2023. Volume 8. No. 2. pp. 92-102.

Authors

Nukhov S. Zh.*
Ufa University of Science and Technology
32 Zaki Validi st., 450076 Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia
Kulinich M. A.
Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education
65/67 M. Gorky st., 443099 Samara, Russia

Abstract

The article deals with the word play as it is manifested in short Russian anecdotes. The empiric material includes examples of the use of allusions, gradation, graphon, onomatopoeia, nonce words. The mate- rial was collected from the pages of Russian periodicals of the last few decades.

Keywords

  • anecdote
  • word play
  • humor
  • allusion
  • climax
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