ENGLISH MENEMES AS REPRESENTATIVES OF A CONTIGUOUS LINGUISTIC PICTURE OF THE WORLD IN THE EARLY PUBLICISTIC TEXTS BY N. LESKOV

The article examines characteristic English menemesin their stylistic significance, which are used as representatives of a contiguous linguistic picture of the world in the texts of the early publicistic works by N.S. Leskov in connection with the author's reasoning about social and cultural problems. English menemes are characterized as idiolectemes, verbalizers of cultural concepts, explicators of the intentions and pragmatic attitudes of Leskov the publicist, which is seen as the relevance and novelty of the research. English menemes are analyzed as components of an individual conceptual sphere, taking into account their associative and connotative potential. It is proved that the functioning of menems in the author's text as representatives of the contiguous linguistic picture of the world contributes to the transmission of conceptual information in an individual interpretation, as well as the formation of ethnic ideas. The role of English menemes in the text space of a publicist is determined. Their stylistic functions in a pragmatic aspect are revealed. Methods of observation, analysis applied to material extracted by targeted sampling, conceptual approach were used. Conclusions are formulated about the pragmatics of using English memes in the early publicistic texts of N. S. Leskov as demonstrators of the author's intention and means of forming the image of a foreign people. The article can be of practical importance for the expansion of linguistic forestry, the study of the Anglosphere, the linguistic picture of the world and similar formations, clarification of the functions of English vocabulary in the scale of the author's chronologically outlined supertext and its role in activating the reader's interpretation.