FUNCTIONAL AND STYLISTIC FEATURES OF CHINESE AND RUSSIAN PUBLICATIONS ABOUT THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION FINALS

Abstract

The article is a study of functional and stylistic features of Chinese and Russian sports publications, in particular publications about the finals of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The authors draw a parallel and compare the style of speech of the Chinese media, which describe the NBA finals, and the style of speech of the Russian media, describing the same final. If the Chinese media, covering both large and small communities, vividly and colorfully describe the final, missing some statistical data and technical game moments, then the Russian media focus on the information component, using mainly terms, Anglicisms, Americanisms. But when covering the finals for small groups who are interested and love American basketball, the Russian media do not skimp on emotions, turning the plot into something similar to the Chinese plot about the same final.