MEDIATING FUNCTIONALITY OF SEMANTIC AND COGNITIVE COMPONENTS OF COVID-19 TERMINOLOGICAL SYSTEM IN THE PROCESS OF THEMATIC FRAMING

Abstract

The article presents the results of comparative corpus-based research of Russian and English media texts collected during COVID-19 pandemic waves (2020-2021). The research is aimed at the analysis of semantic and cognitive components of COVID-19 terminological system. Taking into account the leading role of lexical means in the development of the structural and schematic foundation of cognitive activity, an attempt was made to identify and describe the composition and content of terminological constructs that nominate conceptual categories in the process of their comprehension, reflected in communicative and discursive practice. Based on the frequency analysis of terminological co-occurrences, core terminological units that predetermine the logical and thematic composition of COVID-19 thematic frame were identified. The analysis of differential and integral semantic features and the fixation of temporal changes associated with the occasional variability of the meaning components of core lexemes were carried out.

Keywords

• covid-19
• термин
• терминосистема
• тематический фрейм
• тематическое фреймирование
• covid-19
• term
• terminological system
• thematic frame
• thematic framing