Functional characteristics of the English and Russian media texts about the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games: political and linguistic aspects

The article is devoted to a research of functional characteristics of the English and Russian media texts about the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Modern English and Russian media texts about the XXII Olympic Winter Games act as a research object. Functional classification of media texts is described; substantial features of the English and Russian media texts about the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics are defined. Functional features of the Russian and English media texts about the 2014 Winter Olympics are established. © 2017, Slovenska Vzdelavacia Obstaravacia. All rights reserved.

Authors
Zheltukhina M.R.1 , Slyshkin G.G.2 , Muzykant V.L. 3 , Ponomarenko E.B. 3 , Masalimova A.R.4
Journal
Publisher
Slovenska Vzdelavacia Obstaravacia
Number of issue
3
Language
English
Pages
83-100
Status
Published
Volume
10
Year
2017
Organizations
  • 1 Institute for Foreign Languages, Volgograd State Socio-Pedagogical University, Lenin Prospect 27, Volgograd, 400066, Russian Federation
  • 2 Institute of Law and National Security, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Vernadsky Prospect, 84/2, 6, Moscow, 119606, Russian Federation
  • 3 Faculty of Philology, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Mikluho-Maclay 10/2, Moscow, 117198, Russian Federation
  • 4 Institute of Psychology and Education, Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, 18 Kremlyovskaya Street, Kazan, 420008, Russian Federation
Keywords
English and Russian languages; Functional characteristics; Linguistic aspect; Media text; Olympic games; Political aspect; Sochi 2014 winter olympics
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