Representation of interaction rituals in modern English texts

The article deals with the representation of emotive situations with a multiple subject of state in modern English mass media texts and literature. The author carries out the detailed analysis of representing emotions experienced by a group of people engaged in the interaction rituals using elements of the contextual and stylistic analysis. Lexical, grammatical and stylistic means of representing emotions of joy and grief experienced by a multiple subject of state during the interaction rituals are described.