“ONE’S OWN” VERSUS “ALIEN”: DEVELOPMENT DYNAMICS AND THE MANIPULATIVE POTENTIAL OF “THE COLD WAR” CONCEPT IN THE ENGLISH-POLITICAL DISCOURSE
Journal: RUDN Journal of Language Studies Semiotics and Semantics
Year: 2017

The aim of present research is to develop a framework for a diachronic analysis of complex concepts in political discourse. More specifically, the paper seeks to uncover some of the changes that the COLD WAR concept has undergone in political communication over time. In line with Minsky&rsquo;s theory of frames that defines frames as data structures to represent stereotyped situations, the study shows that there are core elements in the COLD WAR frame that largely remain unaltered. This durable