TITLE:
Axiology of COVID-19 as a Linguistic Phenomenon in English Mass Media Discourse
AUTHORS:
Veronika Katermina, Ekaterina Yachenko
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19, Mass-Media Texts, Connotation, Structure, Metaphor
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Journalism and Communication,
Vol.8 No.2,
June
30,
2020
ABSTRACT: The article is devoted to the study of axiology of Covid-19 as a
linguistic phenomenon on the material of The Economist Issues (March-May 2020). A comprehensive linguistic analysis of the
research material was used, which includes the method of complex analysis, classification and description of the
material and semantic method. The chosen
method of linguistic analysis made it possible to establish that this
lexeme in the mass media discourse acquires additional connotations and serves
to form an informational picture of the world that reflects the
national-cultural characteristics of worldview and the system of axiological
relations. The processes of language development are invariably intensified in
the period of social disruption. We draw a conclusion that Covid-19 pandemic
can be seen as such a disruption, which made a considerable contribution to
English vocabulary.