The language of preventive healthcare: coronavirus pandemic discourse

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The paper discusses COVID-19 discourse in media texts of WHO official website published in March-April 2020. The objective of the research is to identify and analyze content, structural, pragmatic and linguistic features of media text with a particular focus on the communicative effect they might produce on the target audience. The authors conclude that WHO coverage of the pandemic is mainly associated with preventive strategies, which comprise a variety of macrostructural elements, pragmatic functions of information and persuasion, colloquial and topical vocabulary, imperative mood for advice and a wide usage of graphical means.

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Covid-19 discourse, who, media text, macrostructure, pragmatic and rhetorical features, topical vocabulary, дискурс covid-19

Короткий адрес: https://sciup.org/170188004

IDR: 170188004   |   DOI: 10.24411/2500-1000-2020-10820

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