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Papers by Лілія Білас
Aktualʹnì pitannâ gumanìtarnih nauk, Dec 31, 2022
The article introduces an ecolinguistic method for examining English-language media discourse abo... more The article introduces an ecolinguistic method for examining English-language media discourse about the environmental challenges resulting from the war in Ukraine. The research is rooted in Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and places particular emphasis on the functional aspect of language, encompassing the applied discursive strategies and linguistic tools. The article's relevance is evident in light of recent studies exploring the effectiveness of discourse strategies, as well as their linguistic representation. The main objective is to analyse how the language in English-language media influences readers' emotions and shapes their views on ecology. The corpus of the material for the analysis was carefully chosen by the content and semantic analyses and by the continuous sampling from various English-language sources, including newspapers, magazines and websites covering the war in Ukraine and its impact on the environment. The research provides a comprehensive account of the examined patterns of communication and portrays the figurative representations of the aftermath of the Russian military actions on the environment. Within thorough analysis, the article identifies and discusses several applied discourse strategies: labelling, personalization, evidentiality, number game, and victimization. The language employed in the conflict rhetoric contains both pragmatic and semantic elements that convey a negative assessment of Russian military actions. The study focuses on lexico-semantic means and stylistic figures, with particular attention to the role of metaphors regarding significant environmental problems and hazards resulting from the military invasion in Ukraine, both locally and globally. The metaphors vividly depict the military actions as a disaster, an ecocide and a crime. The study demonstrates how powerful emotional triggers can be employed to engage readers and lays the groundwork for potential larger-scale analysis of stylistic figures in wartime ecological discourse, providing insights into how media language can influence public perception of environmental issues.
Сучасні дослідження з іноземної філології, Dec 31, 2022
Aktualʹnì pitannâ gumanìtarnih nauk, Dec 31, 2022
The article introduces an ecolinguistic method for examining English-language media discourse abo... more The article introduces an ecolinguistic method for examining English-language media discourse about the environmental challenges resulting from the war in Ukraine. The research is rooted in Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and places particular emphasis on the functional aspect of language, encompassing the applied discursive strategies and linguistic tools. The article's relevance is evident in light of recent studies exploring the effectiveness of discourse strategies, as well as their linguistic representation. The main objective is to analyse how the language in English-language media influences readers' emotions and shapes their views on ecology. The corpus of the material for the analysis was carefully chosen by the content and semantic analyses and by the continuous sampling from various English-language sources, including newspapers, magazines and websites covering the war in Ukraine and its impact on the environment. The research provides a comprehensive account of the examined patterns of communication and portrays the figurative representations of the aftermath of the Russian military actions on the environment. Within thorough analysis, the article identifies and discusses several applied discourse strategies: labelling, personalization, evidentiality, number game, and victimization. The language employed in the conflict rhetoric contains both pragmatic and semantic elements that convey a negative assessment of Russian military actions. The study focuses on lexico-semantic means and stylistic figures, with particular attention to the role of metaphors regarding significant environmental problems and hazards resulting from the military invasion in Ukraine, both locally and globally. The metaphors vividly depict the military actions as a disaster, an ecocide and a crime. The study demonstrates how powerful emotional triggers can be employed to engage readers and lays the groundwork for potential larger-scale analysis of stylistic figures in wartime ecological discourse, providing insights into how media language can influence public perception of environmental issues.
Сучасні дослідження з іноземної філології, Dec 31, 2022