NazarovaRaisaZifirovnaCountry: RussiaCity: SaratovCompany: Saratov State University, Russia, 410012, Saratov, Astrakhanskaya street, 83 Position: Professor, Chair of the English Language and Methods of Its TeachingScientific degree: Candidate of Philological SciencesE-mail: rz-nazarova-dean@rambler.ru Author's articles Contrast Functioning in Political Discourse Depending on Non-subject Extra-linguistic Factors Media Discourse vs. Newspaper Style Precedent Phenomena: Problems of Definition and Classification To the Question of the Ludic Function of the Precedent Phenomena in a Literary Discourse Celtic Influence on the Formation and Contemporary State of Scouse