Linguistic specifics of the category of interpretation in English-language news media texts

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to determine the specifics of the linguistic objectivation of the category of interpretation in modern English-language news media texts. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the presentation of interpretation as a discursive-dictemic category, the definition of its types and the identification of specific marking means of its linguistic objectivation in English-language news media texts. As a result, it is proved that, being an institutional type of discourse, the news media discourse has a certain organization for constructing its linguistic interpretation by the addressee to the addressee, namely, it is possible to distinguish an informing interpretation and an influencing (evaluative) interpretation. The informative interpretation is marked by the following linguistic means: at the lexical level – numerals (digital data), proper names; at the propositional level: polypredicative constructions, structural and logical means of cohesion; at the dictemic level, there are narrative and causal types of dictates. Influencing interpretation, when manipulating readers' beliefs, sets various pragmatic guidelines for news media texts. Namely, it is possible to distinguish between invasive and motivational interpretations, each of which is characterized by different linguistic means of objectivation.