Abstract
The article puts forward the objective to disclose the means and features of language functioning in various discourse systems. The methodological basis of the research comprises the concept of language variability and the theory of synergetic linguistics. Different lexical units are explored in use within various discourse types in terms of their functions. The objective of correlating language unit functions to the discourse situation made it necessary to select the most representative discourse systems. Stemming from the basic principle that there are no ironclad borders between discrete forms of language use, the author claims that a typical discourse situation as a system-shaping attractor dictates functional specifics of language units. In distinguishing discourse types, the underlying principle is the degree of implementing the function of information and that of impact. Linguosynergetic method makes it possible to formulate universal principles of functioning language units of different types in the context of different discourse systems. These principles necessarily impose pragmatically conditioned meaning.
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