Coronaviral Discourse as a Source of Increased Military Methaphorization

Affiliation: Military Training and Research Center of the Air Forces «Air Force Academy under the names of Professor N. Ye. Zhukovsky and Yu. A. Gagarin»
Address: Russian Federation, Voronezh

Journal name

Russkaya Rech’

Edition

Issue 1

Pages

50-60

Abstract

Recently, a large number of texts on the COVID-19 pandemic have appeared in the Russian media (both national and regional), on various Internet resources and in colloquial speech, which allows us to talk about coronaviral discourse – a new type of discourse in the Russian language. The article analyzes metaphorical use of the vocabulary of the semantic sphere “war” in these texts. As a result of the study, it was established that metaphorical usage of military vocabulary in coronaviral discourse can be attributed to six thematic groups: “Names of military operations and methods of warfare”, “Names of types of weapons and military machinery, their elements, properties and storage locations”, “Names of places of military hostilities and military service”, “Names of types of military art”, “Names of items of uniforms and equipment of military personnel” and “Names of arms of military forces”. As in other types of discourse of the modern Russian language (sports, politics, theatre, etc.), vocabulary of the semantic sphere “war” in metaphorical use is most often presented in the thematic group “Names of military operations and methods of warfare”. Also, as a result of the analysis of the processes of metaphorization of military vocabulary in the coronaviral discourse, it was established that metaphorical transference is most often motivated by the seme “protection”, which is probably due to one of the primary human instincts – the instinct of self-preservation, which directs people in lethal situations, such as the conduct of hostilities and the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords

military metaphor, coronaviral discourse, vocabulary of the semantic sphere “war”, metaphorization process, sema, direction of metaphorical transfer

Received

02.03.2022

Publication date

03.03.2022

Number of characters

15778

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GOST	Charykova O., Fedotova N. Coronaviral Discourse as a Source of Increased Military Methaphorization // Russkaya Rech’ – 2022. – C. 50-60 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/rusrech/s013161170017978-4-1-en (circulation date: 03.05.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S013161170017978-4
MLA	Charykova, Olga N, Fedotova, Nataliya "Coronaviral Discourse as a Source of Increased Military Methaphorization." Russkaya Rech’ 1 (2022):50-60. DOI: 10.31857/S013161170017978-4
APA	Charykova O., Fedotova N. (2022). Coronaviral Discourse as a Source of Increased Military Methaphorization. Russkaya Rech’ (1), pp.50-60 DOI: 10.31857/S013161170017978-4

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