THE “CHRISTMAS” COGNITIVE DOMINANT IN TV-DISCOURSE AND DISTORTION OF EDWARDIAN ERA LINGUISTIC WORLDVIEW

THE “CHRISTMAS” COGNITIVE DOMINANT IN TV-DISCOURSE AND DISTORTION OF EDWARDIAN ERA LINGUISTIC WORLDVIEW

Author:  A.A. Kutsenko

Affiliation:  Belgorod National Research University

Abstract: 

The article deals with “discourse”, “TV-discourse” and “cognitive dominant” concepts, researches “Christmas” cognitive dominant in TV-discourse of ‘Downton Abbey’ TV-series and studies the causes of distortion of Edwardian era linguistic worldview.

Keywords:  TV-discourse, cognitive dominant, “Merry Christmas!”, “Happy Christmas!”, Edwardian Era, ‘Downton Abbey’

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Pages:  641-643