Brexit: Life of the Word in Political Discourse | Yazyk i Kultura – Language and Culture. 2020. № 52. DOI: 10.17223/19996195/52/4

Brexit: Life of the Word in Political Discourse

The study of the word Brexit denoting the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union showcases the evolution of this notion in modern political discourse when the tiniest details of linguistic expression are used as means of manipulation. For linguists, these changes in political discourse call for new approaches to in-depth text interpretation. The paper analyses the origin of the word Brexit, its derivatives and their connotations, as well as numerous neologisms produced by “the war of words” and reflecting the attitude of Brexit supporters and opponents. The investigation also deals with the stylistic means and visual semiotics of Brexit and its influence on European cultures in the form of new trademarks, theatre performances, board games, street names, etc. The final part of the paper is devoted to the impact of Brexit on the further development of English which, on exit from the EU, looses the status of its official language and retains the position of a working language.

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Brexit, political discourse, semantic field, neologisms, connotation, semiotics

Authors

Name	Organization	E-mail
Leontovich Olga A.	Volgograd State Socio-Pedagogical University; Tianjin Foreign Studies University	olgaleo@list.ru

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