STYLISTIC ASPECTS OF SPEECH SOUND MODIFICATION
The article is devoted to the socioрhonic factor in sound variation. The author defines and analyses mechanisms of linguistic change, considered in the context of a linguistic community; and conducts the experimental phonetic research. The article views the results of the research which allowed to estimate the degree of comprehension shown by students while working on the texts of different styles and read by native speakers of different ages. The research made it possible to discover the most complicated moments in the work with the phonetic material.