Russian and Chinese paroemias in the English-language mass media: pragmatic stylistic features

Authors
  • Пак Леонид Евгеньевич

    Leonid E. Pak. Vladivostok State University. Vladivostok. Russia

  • Igor V. Ponomar

    Igor V. Ponomar. Vladivostok State University. Vladivostok. Russia

Abstract

The paper is devoted to the study of pragmatic and stylistic features of the functioning of Russian and Chinese paroemias in the English-language media. The object of the reseach is the English-language media discourse. The subject of the study is the functional aspects of Chi-
nese and Russian paroemias in the English-language mass media discourse as a result of the interaction of Chinese, Russian and Anglo-Saxon cultures. The purpose of the research is to reveal and describe the pragmastylistic features of the functioning of Russian and Chinese paroe-
mias in the English-language mass media of the United States and Great Britain. The material of the study are 558 articles created within the publicistic media discourse through 2017 to 2023, in particular, "The New York Times", "The New Yorker", "Fox News", "CNN", "Washing-
ton Post", "USA Today", "Los Angeles Times", "The Wall Street Journal", "New York Post", "Variety", "Newsweek", "The Guardian", "Daily Mail", "Daily Express", "The Sunday Times". The authors explored the descriptive method (identification and description of the specific fea-
tures) in the study. Also discourse analysis was used. For the collection, processing and presentation of the data obtained, a quantitative method and methods of presenting the material (charting diagrams and tables) were used. Based on the quantitative data, one can conclude
that within the English-language media discourse Chinese paroemias are more frequent than Russian ones. The analysis also revealed that Chinese paroemias mainly perform modeling function, while Russian paroemias have a regulative nature implemented mostly in articles re-
lated to politics.
Keywords: paroemia, media discourse, functions of paroemia, pragmastylistics, English-language mass media.

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