Specific character of anecdote emotionality (on the materials of regional press of the mid-20th century)
The article dwells on the category of the emotionality of anecdotes in regional press of the 20 <sup>th</sup> century. Emotionality is the capacity of a linguistic unit to express emotions of the characters of an anecdote. Specific emotive linguistic means, representing different emotions in the structure of an anecdote, create comic effect.