VERTICAL CONTEXT AS A SUBJECT OF LINGUISTIC STUDY

Abstract

The paper presents the history of the linguistic problem of “vertical context”, based on the relevant works of a number of linguists belonging to different generations and linguistic schools. Various classifications of allusive figures of speech, as well as the principal sources of quotations are introduced. An attempt is made to compare the relevant conclusions and terminology of the representatives of the Russian and Armenian linguistic schools with those of the scholars of western linguistic ones.