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  • April 1, 2018
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THE SPECIFICITY OF MODERN ENGLISH ECOLOGICAL DISCOURSE

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Abstract

The work is devoted to the peculiarities of modern English-language ecological discourse. The text focus on certain readership is considered by the examples of journal articles. The authors prove the existence of the criteria determining potential consumers of information. The definition of such notions as discourse and ecological discourse is also given. A typology of ecological discourse is examined separately. The paper shows the dependence of the organization of ecological discourse texts on a potential recipient.

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Author information

Elena Yur'evna Mamonova

Perm National Research Polytechnic University

Anastasiya Sergeevna Kron

Perm National Research Polytechnic University

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Publication history

  • Received: January 31, 2018.
  • Published: April 1, 2018.

Keywords

  • дискурс
  • экологический дискурс
  • участники дискурса
  • журналист
  • потребитель информации
  • специалист
  • широкая читательская аудитория
  • discourse
  • ecological discourse
  • discourse participants
  • journalist
  • consumer of information
  • specialist
  • wide readership

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