ON A VARIETY OF THE CONCEPT “ENEMY” REPRESENTATED IN BRITISH NEWSPAPERS

Abstract

The aim of the article is to analyse British newspapers texts, discussing the development and promotion of the Russian antivirus vaccine, and to model the concept of a contender of Britain, based on this study. On carrying out the outlined aim it is possible to come to the conclusion that the represented mental construct could be regarded as one of the varieties of the concept “Enemy”, In the period of information warfare this concept, belonging to the archetypal ones, acquires special significance. The cognithemes forming the core of the concept “Enemy” undergo specification in newspaper texts in correspondence to the current situation in the world.

Keywords

• concept
• enemy
• information warfare
• newspaper text
• cognitheme
• modelling
• концепт
• враг
• информационная война
• когнитема
• газетный текст
• моделирование