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The article substantiates the quasi-genre. The quasi-genre is an artificial construct that may productively solve a limited range of research or linguodidactic peoblems. The quasi-genre can be represented by a number of subgenres. The quasi-genre has specific genre-forming features, which are analyzed basing on the model situations used to study the manipulative communicative style.

The article deals with Russian-language narratives produced by bilingual children aged 4–6 year, living in Kyrgyzstan and speaking both Russian and Kyrgyz languages. Children are developing in the situation of «mixed bilingualism», with Russian as a dominant language. Narratives were collected using the MAIN experimental tool, which includes several sets of pictures for telling/retelling stories, standard texts for retellings, and tables for evaluating speaking skills.