Language and Politics in Post-Soviet Russia A Corpus Assisted Approa
Language and Politics in Post-Soviet Russia critically examines the uses of language in post-Soviet media and political texts between 1998 and 2007. It will be of interest to academics and researchers in the fields of media studies, discourse analysis, co
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Language and Politics in Post-Soviet Russia A Corpus-Assisted Approach Nelya Koteyko University of Leicester, UK
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Contents List of Tables
vi
List of Figures
vii
Preface
viii
Acknowledgements
xi
1 Introduction
1
2 Perspectives on Corpus-Assisted Discourse Analysis
13
3 Sociolinguistic Patterns and Discursive Stages in Post-Soviet Russia
31
4 Compilation of Specialised Corpora
48
5 Analysis of Quantitative Trends
65
6 Diachronic Study of Paraphrases
93
7 Metaphor Use in Political Speeches
130
8 Concluding Thoughts
148
Appendix 1: Collocational Profiles of the Loanwords
157
Appendix 2: Colligational Patterning of the Loanwords in the CPOP
160
Notes
163
References
167
Index
183
v
List of Tables 2.1
The analytical framework
28
4.1
Internet resources used for the compilation of the pilot corpus
57
5.1
Negative use of business in the CPOP
76
5.2
Semi-technical use of business in the RPC
78
5.3
Negative use of businessman in the CPOP
79
5.4
Semi-technical use of businessman in the RPC
80
5.5
Negative use of privatisation in the CPOP
80
5.6
Negative use of privatisational in the C
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