Proceedings of the 45th International Philological Conference (IPC 2016)
Session: Discourse and Variability of the English Language
2 articles
Proceedings Article
Intertextuality in the Political Discourse of the US Democratic Party in the 21st Century
Ksenia Rybachuk
The paper looks into the way intertextuality is used by contemporary politicians from the US Democratic Party. The main groups of text sources and communicative functions of intertextual inclusions are identified. This paper also presents findings related to the speakers' individual styles and the discourse...
Proceedings Article
The problem of quasisuffixation in modern English
Gulnara Gimaletdinova, Liliia Shaekhova
The study examines the semantics of derivatives formed by means of quasisuffixes. The functional aspect of such morphemes as -geddon/-mageddon, -erati, -pocalypse, -licious and -splaining is analyzed. The authors attempt to make a distinction between the terms of "suffix" and "quasisuffix". The discussion...