JĘZYKOWE SPOSOBY DEPRECJACJI UKRAINY JAKO NIEZALEŻNEGO PAŃSTWA I JEJ DELEGITYMIZACJI W DYSKURSIE ROSYJSKIEGO RADYKALNEGO PRAWOSŁAWIA
LINGUISTIC MODES OF DEPRECIATION OF UKRAINE AS AN INDEPENDENT STATE AND ITS ITS DELEGITIMIZATION IN THE DISCOURSE OF RUSSIAN RADICAL ORTHODOXY

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the linguistic ways of the depreciation of Ukraine as an independent state. The analyzed material allows us to conclude that the linguistic plane of the studied discourse reflects several ways of depreciation and delegit- imization of Ukraine as an independent state. In addition to the almost mechanical replacement of the name Украина with Малороссия, which is derived from a simple denial of Ukraine’s right to independent existence, there appear such units that express certain arguments characteristic of imperial discourse: about the lack of real independence of the state (e.g. филиал, укрпроект), about the illegality of the procedures for the election of its authorities (государственный переворот), their illegal, violent character (e.g. хунта, диктатура), about the chaos prevailing on the territory of Ukraine (мазепинская самостийность, самостихийность). A characteristic feature of the Orthodox variety of imperial discourse, on the other hand, is even an indirect reference to the essentially medieval religious argumentation by pointing to the non-Christian character of the Ukrainian authorities (безбожная власть).

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