Compiling principles of English dictionaries of politicians’ language (with special reference to dictionaries of quotations)

The article is concerned with the study of peculiarities of macro-and micro structures essential for compiling special dictionaries of politicians’ quotations. The choice of the topic is determined by the high citation index of famous personalities’ statements employed in different discourse, and political ones in particular. The following methods of investigation were used in the research: the method of lexicographic analysis (observation, generalization, classification) elaborated by the Russian lexicographers L. P. Stupin and O. M. Karpova, the method of comparative analysis, the method of contextual analysis. Based on the result of the study the author concludes that a quotation is both a sign of the language and of the cultural system. It is also a medium of cultural information, unawareness of which causes difficulties in the process of decoding. The main task of any lexicographer is a detailed semantization of quotations in focus. Such scientific approach is paramount in the achievement of communicative purposes stated by an active user. Therefore, the entries in the dictionary of politicians’ quotations should include a maximum number of information categories, which are facilitative in the creation of the multi-dimensional lexicographic portrait of politicians. A pragmatic aspect of the quotation is revealed through the language and speech zones of the entry. The linguacultural commentary acquaints the user with communicative situations.