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  • July 1, 2017
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“POST-TRUTH” CONCEPT AS A LINGUISTIC PHENOMENON OF THE MODERN ENGLISH MEDIA-DISCOURSE

Abstract

The article examines “post-truth” concept which became widely used in the English language in 2016. The author analyzes etymological origin of the word-representant, describes some modern political realia which contribute to popularization of this concept in media-discourse, and provides examples of collocations with “post-truth” in the certain contexts. Studying “post-truth” concept is relevant from the viewpoint of cognitive linguistics since it shows how mental processes and extra-linguistic factors within the certain period influence language development generating completely new linguistic concepts.

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Author information

Ol'ga Vladimirovna Koretskaya

Lomonosov Moscow State University

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  • Published: July 1, 2017.

Keywords

  • постправда
  • фейковые новости
  • информационная война
  • когнитивная лингвистика
  • медиадискурс
  • политический дискурс
  • неологизм
  • “post-truth”
  • fake news
  • informational war
  • cognitive linguistics
  • media-discourse
  • political discourse
  • neologism

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