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The purpose of this study was to examine language representation methods of natural disasters and to find the strategies of how English-language media resources describe life-threatening situations. The study was conducted using discourse analysis (DA), conceptual metaphor theory. We used different approaches to discourse analysis (linguistic approach, sociolinguistic approach, philosophical approach). The research analyzed a set of texts about natural disasters found in American, British, Indian and Australian qu...

With a dizzying array of options, personalities and events in the modern world journalists seek new ways of catching the attention of potential readers and forming their opinion. Along with other stylistic devices, simile is frequently used for multiple purposes in journalism. The main aim of the research is to determine the objectives authors pursue when employing simile in political newspaper articles. The paper draws the line between the notions of logical comparison, simile and metaphor. The research is conduc...