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The hyperdynamics and the ever-increasing complexity of social interaction forces social actors to build their relationships based on the principles of pure rationalization and moral nihilism. This spurs them on to look for the means of impact which can help them in realizing their interests and relatively quickly achieving their targets, with no retaliation from the side of their opponents. In this respect, an effective strategy involves provoking the opponents into taking the action that would benefit the provoc...

The problem addressed in the article is ambiguity and its subtypes. Depending on the intention of employing ambiguity in different types of discourse, one can identify several subtypes of ambiguity – strategic, constructive, destructive and manipulative. Broadly speaking, any kind of intended ambiguity can be considered manipulative since the speaker when generating an utterance aims at achieving a particular goal or effect. Strategic ambiguity can be defined as a deliberate choice of words or language structures ...

The research of allusions in economic discourse has assumed importance; a great number of researches is devoted to this subject due to interest in the issue of manipulating public’s opinion and forming people’s worldview by means of stylistic devices. The purpose of the present research is to identify regularities of usage of allusions in English-language newspapers. Theoretical background of the research includes critical analysis of linguistic works on economic discourse and allusions. The article includes stati...