MEANS OF ACHIEVING A COMIC EFFECT AT THE PHONETIC LEVEL AND METHODS OF ITS TRANSFERENCE TO THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE IN J. ROWLING’S NOVELS

The article deals with the means of achieving a comic effect at the phonetic level and methods of its transference to the Russian language. The author analyses such means as alliteration, metathesis, deformation of a word form and various shifts. The achievement of a comic effect at the phonetic level is studied by using examples taken from the novel series about Harry Potter written by J. Rowling. In addition, the author analyses the adequate usage of a comic effect in the Russian language. In the conclusion the author points out that comical is a commonly used phenomenon, which is represented in many classical works as well as in modern literature.