The article suggests to linguists and psychologists the new concept of “emotional language personality” (E.L.P.), which to the author's view extends and deepens the already excepted concepts of “personality” and “language personality.” “E.L.P.” has important implications for a methodological approach to the linguodidactic paradigm and the conception of a linguistics of emotions. The concept of a Language Personality (LP) contributes to the techniques of teaching Russian as foreign language. The coinage of emotionally-focused, sardonic, or parodistic puns or word extensions in Russian is examined.
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