Viktoriya I. Porechnaya

Lecturer at the Department of Foreign Languages

Southwest State University

(Kursk, Russia)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22405/2712-8407-2024-1-185-194

Abstract. The article is devoted to the study of tropes with spatial semantics based on the articles of “Kommersant Vlast” during the period of 2000 – 2005. In the early 2000s, this magazine was one of the most relevant sources of current economic and socio-political information in the country. The purpose of the paper is to identify the features of the metaphorical representation of the spatial culture code in political discourse. The definition of the term “trope” from the point of view of the cognitive approach is considered, as well as the definition of the term “culture code”. The author analyzes the connection of an individual’s language system with culture. The study of the term “culture code” in its connection with space allows considering the term “spatial culture code” in the material under study. The article states that the spatial culture code is an element of the process of metaphorization of spatial relations. The paper analyzes the features of the linguistic representation of the spatial culture code in tropes in political discourse. The author defines a trope with spatial semantics as the result of the cognitive mechanism of metaphorization, but its form in political discourse is not limited to metaphor. A number of headlines combine several types of tropes. The author studies the role of allusion in the headlines of the articles under consideration. The analysis carried out allows the author to conclude that allusion acts as one of the significant elements of creating an image. The author has considered the features of the formation of a trope with spatial meaning in political discourse based on the articles of the “Kommersant Vlast” during the period of 2000 – 2005 and concluded that literature is one of the most common reference areas.
Keywords: trope, metaphorization, culture code, spatial culture code, political discourse.

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For citation: Porechnaya, VI 2024, ‘The Study of the Peculiarities of the Spatial Culture Code Representation in Political Discourse (on the Material of “Kommersant Vlast” Article Headlines)’, Tula Scientific Bulletin. History. Linguistics, issue 1 (17), pp. 185–194, http://doi.org/10.22405/2712-8407-2024-1-185-194 (in Russ.)

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