Political Puns in A.I. Ghertzen's Publicistics
The study analyses Herzen's polical puns in his articles devoted to the exposure of autocracy in Russia. These works have a special language pattern and are structured according to the historic motivation of concrete situations in Russian political life during the 50s-60s of the XIX century. The problem of pun formation is topical. This issue has been the subject of specialized research works many times. Besides the well-known forms of wordplay, the author analyses rare expression, which are characteristic for Herzen's style. The stylistic types of puns formed in Herzen's articles show his skills and the values of his language culture.