Abstract: The subject of the study is the onomastic code as a tool for playing with the reader based on the corpus of works by the modern Russian writer B. Akunin and his "author's masks" (Anatoly Brusnikin and Anna Borisova). The object of the research is the use of distortion and change of proper names as a principle of the organization of cycles and supercycles, as well as the vector of the formation of the literary reputation of the author. The authors consider in detail such aspects of the topic as deformation and voluntary change of name / surname, characteristic of the central and secondary characters of the studied corpus of texts. Special attention is paid to the motive of playing with the reader using onomastics as a tool for creating the literary reputation of the author.   The main conclusions of the study are: highlighting the principle of onomastic play as end-to-end for the entire work of the modern writer B. Akunin, as well as substantiating the implicit meanings of using this principle in the framework text of works. A special contribution of the authors to the study of the topic is the formulation of the directions of diversification of the motif of the onomastic game and the description of the "opening of the text" and reaching another level of the game with the reader. The novelty of the research lies in the comparison through the prism of cyclical bonds of several literary universes of the same author, which were previously considered as independent projects and were not considered in a single coordinate system.

Abstract: The subject of the study is the texts of copywriting, considered in the methodological aspect. The object of the research is to find the method of identifying manipulative techniques in copywriting texts and studying it in Russian and English classes in higher educational institutions. The authors consider in detail such aspects of the topic as the implicature of copywriting texts, hidden manipulative influences. Particular attention is paid to the need to study copywriting texts not only as potential creators of texts, but also as their consumers, which is necessary for representatives of any profession. Copywriting texts need to be studied not only in the aspect of production, but also in the aspect of perception. The main conclusions of the study are the need to integrate the analysis of copywriting texts into the course of Russian as a native language and English as a foreign language. A special contribution of the authors to the research of the topic is a comparative analysis of copywriting texts in Russian and English in a comparative aspect. The novelty of the research lies in the appeal to the materials of copywriting texts not in the aspect of their effective writing, but in the aspect of effective consumption. The analysis showed that even the texts posted on the websites of state institutions and state-funded programs are written in compliance with the laws of copywriting and with elements of manipulation of the reader, which must be learned to recognize.

Abstract: The subject of the study is the linguistic resources of introducing a new object into the information (mass media) field. The object of the research is the process of interaction of the (mass media) author and the reader of the text and the linguistic specifics of this process. The author consider in detail such aspects of the topic as the interaction of the implicature and presuppositive information of the text with the political and historical situation. The research material was the discourse of military mass media, especially the use by these mass media of special linguistic means when introducing unprecedented phenomena and newly appeared objects. The main conclusions of the study are the formulation of ways and forms of introducing the new objects through the well-known in the discourse of military journalism. A special contribution of the authors to the study of the topic is the consideration of an object into the information field on the example of two diverse objects, the semiotization of which in both cases involves an appeal to a common apperceptive base, but using different vectors. The novelty of the research lies in the linguistic analysis of the means used in military mass media, the target audience of which are, first of all, military personnel, which affects the compositional and argumentative structure of the text covering a fundamentally new object or phenomenon.

Abstract: The object of this research is the text component of Internet meme as a signifier of special type. The subject of this research is the peculiarities of text captions to the images posted in the Russian-speaking and English-speaking segments of the Internet. The authors dwell on such aspects as the syntactic, theme-rhematic, and orthographic peculiarities of the text component of Internet memes. Special attention is given to the problem of intentional misspellings in text captions. In most cases, namely the text actualizes the image; the memes usually involve film stills, drawings, and photo images, and text captions turn these images into the relevant Internet memes. The main conclusions lies in determination of the peculiarities of the text part of creolized Internet memes on all linguistic levels. Due to the specificities of Internet memes, the texts usually represent short sentences. The syntactic structure of used phrases often resembles a marked construction, and in a number of instances with intentional misspellings. The novelty of this research lies in the analysis of Internet memes from the perspective of linguistics. Although there are Russian and foreign research dedicated to semiotic and communicative components of the Internet memes, as well as their evolution and transformations, the analysis of linguistic component is carried out for the first time.