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Chironova, I.I.
Cognitive structure of the “power” concept in Russian
and English language political discourses
// Law and Politics.
2013. № 12.
P. 1720-1730.
URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=52108
Chironova, I.I. Cognitive structure of the “power” concept in Russian
and English language political discourses
Abstract:
The study of the “power” concept in Russian and English languages presupposes a linguistic view of a political
discourse via the analysis of interrelations between language an d politics. The language is used for conceptualizing the
reality, therefore, the legal practice plays an important role in establishing the meanings of political terms. The article
uncovers and describes the differential elements of the “power”/”vlast” concept in the two languages. The etymological
analysis of the terms “vlast”, “power”, and “authority” shows how the historical experience of native speakers is reflected
in them, and how it influences the current understanding of this concept. The comparison between the concepts in English
and Russian political discourses shows considerable differences in their contents. Specific features of the concept of “power”
in the Russian political discourse is due to the fact that in the Russian-speaking culture it reflects the position of having
competence and ability to rule and govern, while in the Anglo-Saxon political culture, it mostly refers to the ability to act
and express dominion. The English language concept has another important semantic element, which is the “lawful ability
to act, competence, right”. The semantic field of the Russian language concept lacks the element of “lawfulness”. The
article also analyzes emotional evaluations of the concepts in two political discourses through the comparative analysis
of associations caused by the stimuli words among the English and Russian speakers. Thanks to the linguistic analysis a
new step towards understanding political phenomena is taken, and understanding of the specific features of the “power”
concept in different political cultures has an input into the critical discourse studies.
Keywords:
power, political discourse, Russian language discourse, Anglo-Saxon political culture, concept, cognitive studies, linguistic analysis, hypothesis of linguistic relativism, comparative analysis, discourse studies.
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