UKRAINE’S IMAGE VERBALISATION IN MODERN ENGLISH MASS MEDIA DISCOURSE
Journal Title: Advance Research Journal of Multidisciplinary Discoveries - Year 2017, Vol 18, Issue 10
Abstract
T he research is focused on the analysis of Ukraine‟s image verbalisation in modern English mass me dia discourse. Findings show that lexical - semantic and syntactical means play the leading role in Ukraine‟s image foregrounding in the world. Data testify for the fact that modern English mass media discourse abounds in lexis of negative connotation, the majority of verbs and nouns used to give an account of what is happening in Ukraine are related to conflict, corruption, politics; the only domain where Ukraine has an established and recognised positive image is culture. The researched material demonstrat es high frequency use of the adverb hardly that belongs to intensifiers and has a negative meaning. Such adverbs as violently, suddenly, irredeemably add emphasis to the statement and explicitly reinforce negative evaluation. In the aspect of word formatio n we observe a large amount of verbs and derivatives with prefixes dis - , mis - , over - , un - , under - which all have negative meaning. Such tropes as epithets where we differentiate descriptive - evaluative epithets and occasionally - associated epithets, among th e latter group we point out metaphoric, metonymic, hyperbolic epithets; metaphors (physiological, fitomorphic, morbial, military, sport, criminal, theatrical), metonymy, simile, and syntactical figures of speech such as reiteration and syntactical paralle lism are in active use in modern English mass media discourse to intensify emotional response on addressee‟s part and to form Ukraine‟s image.
Authors and Affiliations
Olena Yemelyanova, Svitlana Baranova
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