Works of journalist-analyst Maxim Sokolov in the context of linguistic personology

Section: Media Language

The aim of this article is to analyze creative works of Maxim Sokolov, a journal- ist-analyst, through the concept of “linguistic personality” and define performance of it in the text. Linguapersonified approach used in his satirical articles and com­mentaries allows to distinguish a new feature of linguistic personality — the role of genre. Maxim Sokolov is considered to be an ironical interpreter. Besides, M. Sokolov presents a number of communicative tactics and strategies, which should be analyzed in prospective lingual studies.