Abstract

This article deals with the problem of the conceptual capacity of the concepts “ours” (“friend”), “alien” (“enemy”), which were used as the dominant in the building of communication by Ukrainian Military Organization (U.M.O.) with Ukrainians. Planning to use the newspaper “Surma” (“Trumpet”) as the platform not only for informing but also with the purpose of detection of the general mood of the population of Ukraine, U.M.O. used binary opposite concepts very extensive. Using binary opposite concepts, Ukrainian Military Organization formed a group of “friends”, who detected “enemies” among the population of Ukraine. So the main objective of the study is the strategy of using of the binary opposite concepts “ours” (“friend”)-“alien” (“enemy”) by Ukrainian Military Organization (U.M.O.) in the publications of the newspaper “Surma” (“Trumpet”). During the study there were used such methods as monitoring of publications in the newspaper “Surma” (“Trumpet”), processing of archival materials about functioning of Ukrainian Military Organization (U.M.O.), content analysis. In the results the author came to conclusion that U.M.O. used binary opposite concepts “ours” (“friend”)-“alien” (“enemy”) to formulate so-called “caste of elected”, who acted as feelers among the population of Ukraine and also among the members and adherents of Ukrainian Military Organization. Basic categories that fill the concepts “ours” (“friend”)-“alien” (“enemy”) are: terror, friend, enemy, war, truth, lies, sympathetic, policemen.

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