Sociolinguistic peculiarities of the pu blications of the British magazine «Grazia »
Journal Title: Мова - Year 2018, Vol 0, Issue 29
Abstract
The object of our scientific research — six issues of the women’s magazine»Grazia» published in different years (25/08/2008, 10/11/2011, 14/03/2011, 16/10/2017, 4/09/2018). In our opinion the analysis based on the media sources embracing wider time span gives possibility to establish constant and temporal peculiarities of their organization. The subject of this investigation is interdependence between the linguistic peculiarities of the publications in «Grazia» and their social orientation and functions. The purpose of our work is to define the social stereotype of the «Grazia»’s reading public on the basis of linguistic analysis of its articles and advertisements. Methodologically our scientific research is grounded on the principles of cognitive-discourse and textual analyses. Its findings show than the British weekly magazine»Grazia» combines features of a tabloid and an exclusive monthly periodical. To the greatest extent possible its authors imitate lingual peculiarities of a typical representative of its target readers audience, a young woman of 20-25 years old. It helps the authors increase credibility, authenticity, make the texts up-to-date and, thus, get closer to the reader. All this makes influence on the target audience more effective. Practical value of this research lies in the possibility to use its results in the English language teaching. Results of this work are: The women’s magazine «Grazia» focuses on the glamourous life style of modern pop stars, on the high fashion news, on the advertising of fashionable entertainments and resourts, which contrasts an average British woman’s life and encourages her to accept these values and to look for the opportunities to follow them. The basic features of the «Grazia»’s publications characters are independence, strength, social activity, glamour.
Authors and Affiliations
Natalia G. Moiseienko, Lubov V. SIZOVA
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