COMPARATIVE CONSTRUCTIONS AS MEANS OF EXPRESSING THE CATEGORY OF PERSONALITY
The article discusses comparative constructions that appear in Russian means of expressing personality. It is noted that with the help of comparisons, the author of the text can characterize the speaking person, the interlocutor and the third person, present or absent during the speech. By means of comparative constructions, a characteristic and refinement of the external features of the participants in communication, their sensations and feelings, takes place. both stable comparisons that appeal to the cultural fund common to the addressee and the addressee, as well as original author's ones, which make it possible to create a more accurate and vivid characterization of a person related to the communication situation, are relevant. It is concluded that comparative constructions in the Russian language act as a peripheral means of expressing the category of personality.