ANALYSIS OF THE LINGUISTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MEDIA CORPUS ON THE TOPIC "WAR IN UKRAINE"

Abstract

The article studies the linguistic characteristics of the corpus of media texts on the topic of "war in Ukraine". The research characterizes the phenomenon of media texts in the scientific literature. The article analyzes theoretical and methodological foundations of linguistic characteristics of media texts. The main linguistic characteristics of media texts on the topic of "war in Ukraine" are identified, namely: the prevalence of emotionally colored vocabulary, a significant percentage of lemmas from the categories "presence of anthroponyms", "use of place names", "use of chrononyms", "use of lexical combinations", "use of numerals", "use of abbreviations", but we note a small percentage of news reflecting the category "indication of age categories of participants in events".
 Given that the issue of Russia's war with Ukraine, Western partners' support for Ukraine, and new terrorist attacks by Russia have become one of the most important topics in the media, this problem requires a detailed study, namely linguistic, because modern media can perform a manipulative function, changing the interpretation of information in the minds and perceptions of readers. Using the Sketch Engine corpus analysis of media texts on the topic "War in Ukraine" based on the material of the leading Ukrainian online publication "Gazeta po-Ukrayinsky" of 2022-2023, the linguistic features of news reports are analyzed: there are a significant number of abbreviations in the news texts, namely, "Armed Forces" and "Air Defense"; among anthroponyms, the most commonly used word is "Zelensky"; as for place names, a list of lemmas used in the news headline is revealed: "Bakhmut", "Luhansk", "Donetsk", "Bucha", "Russia", "Ukraine", "West"; lexical combinations in which the lemma "personnel" prevails are analyzed; the category "use of numerals" demonstrates that the General Staff provides generalized statistics in the news texts on the topic "War in Ukraine" in accordance with the request, which provoked a small number of news from the category "indication of age categories of participants in the events", and as a result, this category is based on the most sensational reports, especially those that highlight the age and condition of dead or injured children. The article reveals the presence of accurately used Ukrainian military slang in the category of "emotionally colored vocabulary", which has taken root and gained considerable popularity among news texts on the topic of "War in Ukraine" in the online publication "Gazeta po-Ukrayinsky" and in the Internet space in general.
 Due to the ambiguity of terms, hidden meaning, and lack of equivalents for neologisms, especially in military topics, there are difficulties with translation and understanding of the text. When selecting equivalents for a term, it is worth using a corpus tool that allows analyzing the word in context, frequency of use, and building a synonymous and antonymic series of words.