Language of Conflict: Discourses of the Ukrainian Crisis

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Exploring the ways in which language and conflict are intertwined and interrelated, this book examines the changes that have taken place in the public discourse of the Ukraine and Russia since 2014 and the beginning of the 'Ukrainian Crisis.’ Through analysis of the narratives constructed by different social groups in Ukraine, Discourses of the Ukrainian Crisis shows how discourse can illuminate the competing worldviews and the conflicting positions of the various stakeholders in this conflict. Through critical discourse analysis and multimodality, this book explores the prevalent narratives and the linguistic features of the salient discourses surrounding this conflict. Using Russian- and Ukrainian-language texts from traditional and social media, contributors from Ukraine, Russia and outside investigate discourses surrounding the most important topics of the crisis: its causes and goals, the sides, and the values and ideologies of the opposing parties. Highlighting the ways in which the stress produced by social discord, economic hardship and violence, is reflected in verbal aggression, slurs, insults and profane language of extraordinary linguistic creativity, Discourses of the Ukrainian Crisis provides insight into the ways people think about, respond to and experience the reality of conflict in their everyday communication. Cover Half title Series Title Copyright Contents List of illustration Notes on contributors Introduction 1 Discourses of conflict: Cross-linguistic corpus-assisted comparative discourse study of Russian and Ukrainian parliamentary debates of 2014 2 Metaphor, identity and conflict in political discourse: A case study of President Poroshenko and President Putin’s speeches 3 The image of the Ukrainian crisis in the Polish-language media in Ukraine 4 Blended names in the discussions of the Ukrainian crisis 5 The antagonistic discourses of the Euromaidan: Kolorady, Sovki and Vatniki versus Jumpers, Maidowns and Panheads 6 The Ukrainian nation – stepmother, younger sister or stillborn baby?: Evidence from Russian TV debates and related political sources (2013–15) 7 Who are ‘they’ for Ukrainians in Ukraine and in the diaspora? Othering in political discourse 8 Discursive practices in online media: Language ideologies in Ukraine in a time of crisis 9 Unrecognized holidays: Old and new ‘state’ traditions in the selfproclaimed republics in the east of Ukraine 10 Andriy Biletsky’s Ukrainian order: Discourse, actions and prospects of democracy in Ukraine 11 The art of the insult: (Re)creating Zaporizhian Cossacks’ letter-writing on YouTube as collective creative insurgency 12 Fighting fear with humour: The linguistic-pragmatic aspects 13 Assimilative representations of Ukrainian refugees in the Russian and Ukrainian press: A ‘burden’ or a ‘gain’? Index