Language play in metalinguistic texts by language poets B. Andrews and A. Dragomoshchenko
The article focuses on the linguistic mechanisms of language play in the essays of B. Andrews and A. Dragomoshchenko. The author analyzes structural and functional properties of ludic manipulations by means of the Russian and the English languages in the prose of the language poets and distinguishes between the universal and specific (conditioned by the language type) features of linguistic creativity.