Proceedings of the conference on current problems of our time: the relationship of man and society (CPT 2020)

Journalistic Metaphors as Attitudinal Markers of Sociopolitical Situation in Russia in Early 21st Century (Cognitive-Semantic Aspect)

Authors
Elena E. Kotsova, Tatyana A. Sidorova, Elvira N. Akimova, Nataliya E. Petrova, Konstantin V. Skvortsov, Irina S. Karabulatova
Corresponding Author
Elvira N. Akimova
Available Online 26 February 2021.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.210225.036How to use a DOI?
Keywords
journalistic metaphors, cognitive-sematic models of metaphors, conceptual donor domains and recipient domains, media texts and Internet communications on sociopolitical issues
Abstract

The relevance of the study is conditioned by the growing interest in the analysis of the formation of journalistic metaphors as attitudinal markers, means of cognitive and evocative-stylistic evaluation, which makes it possible to keep a close watch on the way the Russian mindset is changing. The main purpose of the study is to identify some cognitive-semantic aspects of journalistic metaphors in contemporary periodicals texts and Internet communication. The main study method is cognitive-semantic analysis of the most important models according to which journalistic metaphors as elements of theory for research into contemporary journalistic discourse are being formed. The present study identifies key journalistic metaphors as evaluative markers of the sociopolitical situation in Russia in the 2010s. These are not metaphors-clichés that are of interest, but occasional tropes reflecting most vividly the response of politicians, political analysts, public people to socio-political events in contemporary Russia, such as sanctions, retirement-age increase, coronavirus pandemic and self-isolation of the Russian people. The study identifies cognitive mechanisms and methods of objectification of metaphoric models (donor domains and recipient domains). The most fruitful topical donor domains as sources of journalistic metaphors are highlighted. It is proved that the cognitive-semantic special aspects of metaphors are conditioned by the belief systems and worldviews of the addressers. The role of journalistic metaphors as means of influencing the addressee and a way of expressing the modal-evaluative attitude of the addresser to one or another reality is determined. The relationship of journalistic metaphors with the socio-political situation in Russia is established.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the conference on current problems of our time: the relationship of man and society (CPT 2020)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
26 February 2021
ISBN
978-94-6239-342-4
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.210225.036How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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