ON FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DYSPHEMISMS IN ECONOMIC MEDIA DISCOURSE (EXEMPLIFIED BY ENGLISH-LANGUAGE JOURNALS AND NEWSPAPERS)

Abstract

The paper is devoted to the study of a problem of classification of dysphemisms in the English language within the framework of economic media discourse. The research material was modern texts of economic media discourse. The main objective of the study is to study modern linguistic approaches of the Russian and foreign scientists to the definition of dysphemisms and to analyze the features of their functional classification in the English-language economic media discourse. The paper summarizes the Russian and foreign scientists’ experience in the field of research into dysphemisms and their classifications based on lexical and semantic features, clarifies the concept of “dysphemism” and analyzes dysphemisms from economic articles in English-language magazines and newspapers according to the functional classification proposed by E.F. Bekh. The classification of dysphemisms based on the functions they perform is carried out using the descriptive method and content analysis of economic articles. The findings are of practical value, they can be used in the process of teaching English in non-linguistic universities, courses related to the theory and practice of translation and lexicology.