Specificity of linguistic parameterization of destructive mass media text with devaluation of historical memory

Abstract

Scientific problems are posed: definitions of destructiveness in the aspect of correlation with related concepts (manipulativeness, illegality, toxicity, etc.); selection and systematization of criteria for destructive text. The solution of these problems is recognized as extremely important in the context of increasing threats to the national security of society and the state. The conceptual apparatus and methodology of linguistic research of a destructive text are also considered. The destructeme is interpreted as a key semantic unit of the text, which is determined based on the intention of destruction inherent in it and the corresponding purpose of influence, which find expression in its linguistic fabric. Linguistic parameterization of the destructive is defined by the authors of the article as the identification of verbal and nonverbal (in the case of its creolization) indicators of destructive meaning and their description (the first stage), as well as linguistic processing for subsequent automatic recognition (the second stage). The article examines the first stage of linguistic parameterization and offers a brief description of the destructive resources used in mass media texts, which trace the strategy of devaluing the achievements of the country and the historically significant personalities associated with them. The authors of the article come to the conclusion that this type of destructeme, being aimed at transforming the recipients’ worldview and destroying the objective perception of reality, poses a threat to the national security of the state, contributing in a certain context to the involvement of citizens in socially dangerous or potentially dangerous groups and communities. The method of linguistic parameterization of destructive text is in demand by modern applied linguistics and in the future should be specified in relation to the types of destructive texts correlated with the types of destructeme.