LEXICO-SYNTACTICAL DEVICES OF LANGUAGE MANIPULATION IN JAPANESE NEWSPAPER HEADLINES ABOUT COVID-19 (BASED ON THE HOKKAIDO SHIMBUN WEBSITE)

Abstract

The article discusses some forms of linguistic manipulation in the headlines of the regional newspaper Hokkaido Shimbun when covering the new coronavirus infection COVID-19. The article focuses on the lexical and syntactic devices in the headlines, which influence the minds of the readers. To achieve the goal, theoretical materials on the concept of linguistic manipulation and their types were studied. In the practical part, 50 random headings which are united by a time interval (the beginning of the 2020 year) are reviewed and analyzed. As a result, the researchers identify lexical devices of manipulation as onomatopoetic words and words with a stable emotional-expressive coloring. In addition to lexical means, the researchers identify syntactic devices as interrogative sentences and parceling. The results of the studies have shown that headlines in Japanese newspapers are not replete with a variety of devices of manipulation.