Russian Language StudiesRussian Language Studies2618-81632618-8171Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba10285Research ArticlePredicates of oral and written texts as argumentation means in the aspect of neuro-linguistic programmingShakleinV MChair of the Russian language and Methods of its Teachingvmshaklein@bk.ruPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia1501201315909092016Copyright © 2016, Russian and Foreign Languages and Methods of Teaching2016The article characterizes predicates of oral and written texts as argumentation means in the aspect of neuro-linguistic programming. The text sign is a cultural mark. The predicativity of a cultural text is relative.predicateargumentationneuro-linguistic programmingcommunicantact of communicationcultural contextпредикатаргументацияНЛПкоммуниканткоммуникативный акткультурный контекст