Representation of the Concept of SAFETY in the English-Language Media Discourse

Abstract

The concept of SAFETY is the main focus of attention of the authors. The aim of the work is to study its representation in the English-language media discourse on the material of the texts of articles published in British newspapers. In the course of the study, a set of methods was applied, including, along with general scientific (continuous sampling, classification, description), linguistic (conceptual, discursive, semantic, contextual analysis) methods. The study found that the content of the concept of SAFETY in the English-language media discourse reveals a variety of ideas about safety, ways to ensure it and the attitude of native speakers to it. There are three most repeated conceptual metaphors, with the help of which the concept of safety gets its actualization in the English language media discourse: "safety – goal", "safety – value", "safety - fear". The theoretical significance of the research results is to clarify its meaning and modes of representation of the concept of SAFETY that combines in its conceptual content, a variety of denotative and evaluative components, and practical significance is connected with the possibility of their use in compiling dictionaries and vocabularies of concepts in the practice of university teaching lexicology, as well as elective disciplines related to the study of ethno-linguistics, cultural linguistics, culture, language etc.