Manipulation techniques in the speech of the rogue characters (based on the comedies by A.N. Ostrovskiy)

The article deals with one of the fundamental ways of the speech manipulation - manipulative. Based on the empiric material of the comedy by A.N. Ostrovskiy there are analysed the speech portraits of the rogue characters from the perspective of the taken dishonest techniques by them on the way toward the achievement of their deceptive purposes. There are revealed not only the frequent tricks, but also the groups/subgroups of the “targets of psychological impact”.