Crisis Communication of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi on Counteracting COVID-19: Sociolinguistic Features

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10.2991/assehr.k.210525.031How to use a DOI?

Keywords

socio-cognitive approach, political language, analysis of socio-political discourse, pandemic COVID-19

Abstract

The paper examines the discursive and linguistic means of appeals of the Ukrainian President V. Zelenskyi in 2020 to citizens on the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our analysis results suggest that in Ukraine, the rhetoric of the President’s appeals demonstrates the spread of nationally oriented power mechanisms of discourse, which depend on the social context more than in highly developed countries. We compare the organization of V. Zelenskyi’s statements about COVID-19, which are addressed to ordinary citizens and government officials. We conclude that the President appeals most to national values and symbols, transforming them into a radical national hope.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Liudmyla Bilokonenko
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/05/27
TI  - Crisis Communication of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi on Counteracting COVID-19: Sociolinguistic Features
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on New Trends in Languages, Literature and Social Communications (ICNTLLSC 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 262
EP  - 270
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210525.031
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210525.031
ID  - Bilokonenko2021
ER  -