HUMANITARIAN RESEARCHES

Journal of fundamental and applied researches

REALIZATION OF THE DISCREDIT STRATEGY IN AMERICAN DIPLOMATIC DISCOURSE IN THE SITUATION OF CRISIS IN RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN RELATIONSHIPS

2020. №2, pp. 39-44

Dubenets Nina B. - Astrakhan State University, dubenetsnb@mail.ru

This article is devoted to the discredit strategy, which is often used by American diplomats in connection with the military and political conflict between the USA and Russia in the situation of crisis in Russian-Ukrainian relationships. The article studies different linguistic ways of expressing such tactics as accusation, condemnation of negative facts and consequences, threat tactics and others. The author analyzes the scripts of speeches of US diplomatic representative Kurt Volker dealing with ways of reaching an agreement in the situation of crisis in the East of Ukraine. The methods of descriptive and interpretative analysis are used. Having studied the examples the author drew the conclusion that the discredit strategy in the American diplomatic discourse is aimed, on the one hand, at creating a stereotyped image of Russia as an aggressor and forming a negative attitude towards it and, on the other hand, allows the USA to increase its influence on the world political arena by “eliminating” Russia as its powerful opponent.

Key words: воздействие, дискредитация, стратегия, тактика, американский дипломатический дискурс, influence, discredit, strategy, tactics, American diplomatic discourse

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