Sravniteľnyj analiz leksiki, ispoľzujemoj praviteľstvennymi strukturami i "nesistemnoj" oppozicijej v sovremennoj Rossii
| Title in English | Comparative analysis of lexis used by government structures and "non-establishment" opposition? |
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| Year of publication | 2013 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Podoby a proměny města ve slovanských a vybraných neslovanských kulturách, literaturách a jazycích |
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| Citation | |
| Field | History |
| Keywords | Russia; town; Russian politics; Word of the Year; Dictionary of the Year; modern Russian lexis; Russian political opposition |
| Description | In this chapter author covers the language of the current Russian government and pro-government forces as compared to the “non-establishment” opposition movement whose position strengthened with the Duma elections in December 2011. The author characterizes the phrases used by the politicians now in power in the Russian Federation, while pointing out particularities of the Russian political discourse from the language point of view. He also gives examples of the current popular, and highly apt, vocabulary that draws mainly upon the results of the Word of the Year media contest and the materials of the related Dictionary of the Year contest (2012). Somov explains the updating, polysemantisation, and politicizing of existing phrases and formation of neologisms in modern Russian as an impact of the direct influence of extra-linguistic factors, and primarily of the growth of rally attendance and other political activity by the citizens of the Russian Federation and the reaction to this by government and pro-government politicians. Together with these examples, Somov provides culturological and linguistic commentaries with an eye to the non-homogenous political situation inside modern Russia. |
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