THE LINGUISTIC IMAGE OF RUSSIA IN THE GENRE OF INTERVIEW (BASED ON THE COLUMN “SPIEGEL-GESPRÄCH” OF THE JOURNAL “DER SPIEGEL”)

Abstract

The article deals with the linguistic aspect of the image of Russia, which is formed in the materials of the "Spiegel-Gespräch" column of the "Der Spiegel" magazine. This column contains only interviews with famous German politicians, public figures, scientists. The main positions with regard to Russia were defined, the role of lexical and syntactic means of artistic expression in their representation was investigated. Attention was paid not only to the linguistic means of reflecting the image of Russia in the interviews themselves, but also to the headlines. A journalistic headline has great semantic potential for attracting readers' attention and for capaciously reflecting the essence of the material. Various interviews use metaphor, antithesis, metonymy, parceling and many others. The aim of the article is also to analyze the linguistic personality of German figures, which allows us to draw certain conclusions. In the interviews, the image of Russia is considered in the context of the opposition "us and them". Despite the abundance of criticism of Russian leadership and policy, an emerging tendency to view Russia not as an "aliens", but in the context of "ours" is revealed. The inclusion of Russia in the circle of each of these concepts has its own means of expression, forming either a discrediting or complementary context.