Features of sports journalistic: at the example of mixed martial arts subdiscourse

Authors

  • Alexander B. Alexeyev Institute for Social Sciences, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, 82 Vernadsky Avenue, building 1, Moscow 119571, Russia

Keywords:

sports journalism, discourse, mixed martial arts subdiscourse, linguocreativity, metaphor

Abstract

In the context of a complex linguistic analysis of mixed martial arts subdiscourse, the features of sports journalism are studied. It is noted that the mixed martial arts subdiscourse can be described using the terms «entertainment discourse», «advertising discourse» and «hype discourse», which emphasises its hybrid nature. Such features of sports journalism as dialogue, emotionality, colloquialism, ellipticity, linguistic creativity, metaphorism and interdiscursivity are established. Further study of specific, narrowly professional sports subdiscourses, is expected.

Author Biography

  • Alexander B. Alexeyev, Institute for Social Sciences, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, 82 Vernadsky Avenue, building 1, Moscow 119571, Russia

    PhD (philology); senior lecturer at the department of English language, faculty of language training

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Published

2023-11-06

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No. 1 (2023): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Journalism

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Media Strategies and Tactics

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Alexeyev, A.B. 2023. Features of sports journalistic: at the example of mixed martial arts subdiscourse. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Journalism. 1 (Nov. 2023), 36–43.