Vestnik of Samara University. History, pedagogics, philologyVestnik of Samara University. History, pedagogics, philology2542-04452712-8946Samara National Research University328610.18287/2542-0445-2012-18-8/1-253-258UnknownPRAGMATIC POTENTIAL OF STYLISTIC DEVICES IN ENGLISH DRAMATIC DISCOURSEStarostinaJ. S.morenov.sv@ssau.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1825-0097StarostinaA. V.morenov.sv@ssau.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1825-0097the Dept. of English Linguistics, Samara State University, Samara, 443011, Russian Federation.01082012188/12532580802201708022017Copyright © 2012, Starostina J.S., Starostina A.V.2012<p>The article deals with expressive means in modern dramatic discourse represented by the British and American plays of the XXI century. The functions of the expressive means and the peculiarities of their usage are under analysis.</p>stylistic deviceEnglish drama of the XXI centuryстилистический приеманглоязычная драматургия XXI века