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...

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...