Семантические и формальные характеристики прецедентных высказываний, функционирующих в дискурсе британских СМИ

Abstract

The paper aims to reveal structural-semantic characteristics of precedent statements in the modern British mass media discourse. Scientific originality of the study involves identifying structural-semantic transformations of precedent statements in the British mass media discourse. The analysis indicates that in 62% of cases, the meaning of a precedent statement is not determined by precedent context or a precedent situation. In 72% of cases, a precedent statement in the mass media discourse differs in form from the analogous statement in a precedent text. Correlation of meaning and form of a transformed precedent statement is identified.