Periphrases in publicistics of the latest period of V. Yavorivsky’s creativity

The article clarifies the semantic-syntactic, functional-stylistic, cognitive-onomasiological, linguistic-cultural and communicative-pragmatic features of paraphrases in literary journalism V. Yavorivskyi latest period creativity. source research is four collections journalistic works by Yavorvskyi «What kind people are we?..». It has been proven that writer primarily chooses his own names as subject figurative understanding reality, among which persons, geographical names. most loaded with paraphrased lexeme Ukraine. In discourse Yavorivskyi, periphrasis can be expressed a word, phrase and, occasionally, sentence. Periphrases represented when they have an expressive colour or used meaning strengthens evaluative component nomen. modelling periphrastic determined number pragmatic factors, important tendency author artistic to metaphorically reproduce desire express public opinion attitude events being described.