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Book SynopsisNatalia Knoblock is
Assistant Professor of English at Saginaw Valley State University, USA.
Trade ReviewLanguage of Conflict is an innovative as well as an insightful book. ... It will be of use and value to those who are interested in discourse and communication of the Ukrainian crisis. * Journal of Language and Politics *
Linguists, sociologists, psychologists, and political scientists [...] will greatly benefit from reading this volume [...] A precious source of information for anybody wishing to better understand the essence of the current military aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. * Language in Society *
This book offers a powerful examination of the current state of affairs in Ukraine, helping us to understand the relationship between language and society in a time of crisis. In this in-depth exploration, authors demonstrate modern approaches through focusing on different kinds of manipulations with truth and public opinion. This book reveals the divergent views and different levels of society as a step to better understanding Ukraine. * Olga Brusylovska, Professor of International Relations, Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University, Ukraine *
This is an essential read for those interested in discourse and communication of the Ukrainian crisis. The chapters in Knoblock’s collection analyse the various dimensions of verbal aggression in the time of a key conflict in Eastern Europe on the basis of a wide variety of sources and in different languages. As a whole,
Language of Conflict: Discourses of the Ukrainian Crisis transcends its specific geographic focus by providing a nuanced, state-of-the-art perspective on the still under-explored field of conflict in discourse, as well as discourse of conflict. * Massimiliano Demata, Associate Professor of English Linguistics, University of Turin, Italy *
Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction,
Natalia Knoblock 1. Discourses of Conflict: Cross-Linguistic Corpus-Assisted Comparative Discourse Study of Russian and Ukrainian Parliamentary Debates of 2014,
Tatyana Karpenko-Seccombe 2. Metaphor, Identity and Conflict in Political Discourse: A Case Study of President Poroshenko and President Putin’s Speeches,
Liudmila Arcimaviciene 3. The Image of the Ukrainian Crisis in the Polish-Language Media in Ukraine,
Ewa Szkdlarek-Smiechowicz and Izabela Blaszczyk 4. Blended Names in the Discussions of Ukrainian Crisis,
Natalia Beliaeva and Natalia Knoblock 5. The Antagonistic Discourses of the Euromaidan:
Koloradi,
Sovki, and
Vatniki vs.
Jumpers,
Maidowns, and
Panheads,
Olga Baysha 6. The Ukrainian Nation – Stepmother, Younger Sister or Stillborn Baby? Evidence from Russian TV Debates and Related Political Sources (2013-2015),
Daniel Weiss 7. Who are ‘They’ for Ukrainians in Ukraine and in the Diaspora? Othering in Political Discourse,
Natalia Beliaeva and Corinne A. Seals 8. Discursive Practices in Online Media: Language Ideologies in Ukraine in a Time of Crisis,
Alla Nedashkivska 9. Unrecognized Holidays: Old and New ‘State’ Traditions in the Self-Proclaimed Republics in the East of Ukraine,
Yulia Abibok 10. Andriy Biletsky’s Ukrainian Order: Discourse, Actions, and Prospects of Democracy in Ukraine,
Halyna Mokrushyna 11. The Art of the Insult: (Re)Creating Zaporizhian Cossacks’ Letter-Writing on YouTube as Collective Creative Insurgency,
Alla Tovares 12. Non-Violent Humorous Resistance to Actual Fear in Texts of Blogs of Post-Maidan Ukraine (Linguistic-Pragmatic Aspects),
Yaroslava Sazonova 13. Collective Representations of Ukrainian Refugees in the Russian and Ukrainian Press: A ‘Burden’ or a ‘Gain’?
Ludmilla A’Beckett Index
