Precedent Field "Monarchs" in Russian Mass Media
The author describes the use of precedent names of Russian monarchs in contemporary Russian Mass Media. Their use is either denotative or connotative. Connotative precedent name does not always indicate a definite person, but becomes a symbol of some characteristics spread over the prototype. It is proposed to work out methods of revealing the most often used precedent names, which will help to identify mental-verbal lexicon of the Russians.