LEXICO-STYLISTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF HUMOROUS SPEECH UNITS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Abstract

The paper gives a lexical and stylistic characteristic of humorous speech units in the English language. Humor covers many aspects of human life. Humorous discourse contributes to the normal functioning of society. In human communication, speech influence plays a key role. The dominant place is occupied by colloquial speech, which is equipped with various humorous speech turns. Humor includes such types of comic meanings as a joke, comic remarks, because it is from them that a humorous group of emotional meanings is formed. Linguocultural and sociocultural means of achieving comic content in humorous discourses are really noticeable and are determined by the peculiarities of national culture and the corresponding effects of the socio-cultural context. Features of the conversational genre are more characteristic of English discourse. English speech units from humor to sarcasm affect various aspects of society. The most common ironic statements. Irony can be realized in discourse in the form of an ironic remark, an ironic response, an ironic question, an ironic exclamation. Irony lies between humor and sarcasm, is the most abstracted term.