Abstract:
The aim of the paper is to reveal stylistic potential of speech masks in English and Ukrainian Internet discourse. In accordance with the aim, the following tasks were set: • to define structural and semantic features of Internet Discourse; • to specify the notion of ‘speech mask’ in contemporary linguistics; • to elaborate a typology of speech masks in English and Ukrainian journalistic articles based on their functions; • to reveal semantic and functional characteristics of speech masks in English journalistic articles; • to elicit semantic and functional features of speech masks in Ukrainian journalistic articles; • to compare stylistic effects of speech masks in English and Ukrainian journalistic articles.
