• Original research article
  • November 30, 2015
  • Open access

LINGUISTIC MEANS TO CREATE AN IMAGE OF RUSSIA AND EUROPEAN UNION IN THE CONTEXT OF UKRAINIAN CRISIS (BY THE MATERIAL OF D. CAMERON’S SPEECHES)

Abstract

The article provides critical discourse-analysis of the speeches by the British prime-minister David Cameron devoted to the theme of Ukrainian crisis and Crimean referendum. The author shows what linguistic means participate in developing the image of Russia and European Union and their role in the Ukrainian events of 2014. The paper also discovers how they form the conception of Russia as a state-aggressor, a source of potential danger for the European countries.

References

  1. Fairclough N. Analyzing Discourse: Textual Analysis for Social Research. L.: Routledge, 2003. 270 p.
  2. https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/eu-meeting-on-ukraine-david-camerons-speech (дата обращения: 21.06.2015).
  3. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140310/debtext/140310-0001.htm#14031014000004 (дата обращения: 28.06.2015).

Author information

Tat'yana Mikhailovna Golubeva

Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University named after R. E. Alekseev

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Publication history

  • Published: November 30, 2015.

Keywords

  • концептуальное моделирование
  • оценочные понятия
  • Россия
  • Евросоюз
  • Д. Кэмерон
  • conceptual modeling
  • evaluative conceptions
  • Russia
  • European Union
  • D. Cameron

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