Language as a tool for society manipulating (the experience of foreign countries)
https://doi.org/10.26794/2226-7867-2022-12-6-63-71
Abstract
The paper shows that the discourse is inherent, performing several related functions that are subject to discrimination and study. The research’s aim is to study discourse and text, which are social practices, when language is used to create and maintain power relations and, as a result, is a means of controlling and handling society. A matter of determine the theoretical and methodological options for studying a language in the controlling process is to clarify the initial properties of its genesis, features of functioning, everything that makes the language as a tool of power relations. The authors consider the process of control and society manipulating and implementing feedback as the most important function of the language, from theoretical and methodological positions and the addendum to the legislation of several foreign countries.
About the Authors
M. V. Melnichuk
Financial University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Marina V. Melnichuk — Dr. Sci. (Econ.), Cand. Sci. (Ped.), Professor, Head of the Department of English and Professional Communication
Moscow
E. A. Starodubtseva
Financial University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elena A. Starodubtseva — Cand. Sci. (Ped.), Associate Professor, Department of English and Professional Communication
Moscow
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Melnichuk M.V., Starodubtseva E.A. Language as a tool for society manipulating (the experience of foreign countries). Humanities and Social Sciences. Bulletin of the Financial University. 2022;12(6):63-71. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26794/2226-7867-2022-12-6-63-71
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