Обращение к животному миру в эпистолярном конфликтном дискурсе
An appeal to the animal world in the epistolary discourse of conflict

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the study is the reflection of the animal world in Russian and Polish neighbor correspondence. The functional-cognitive approach allows us to answer the questions of why and when the authors of letters turn to the “animal.” Common to the Polish and Russian material was the figurative function of expressing a negative attitude towards neighbors, along with the possibility of insulting and often dehumanizing them. Individual examples concern a mocking and ironic softening of a negative assessment. Interlingual differences concern the choice of words. The typology of reflections of the animal world shows that sound and behavioral parallels with the animal world are possible, associations with dirt and garbage are used as a characteristic feature of an animal, and the names of animals are given to identify persons intentionally acting in harm's way. In addition, the tendency to describe the sounds of intimate life was reflected only in the Polish material, while the problem with garbage was reflected only in the Russian material.

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