Open AccessSEMIOTICS PECULIARITIES OF INTERNET MEMES IN ENGLISH POLITICAL DISCOURSE
Author(s) -
М. V. Zabotnova
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
fìlologìčnì studìï
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2412-2491
pISSN - 2311-2425
DOI - 10.28925/2311-2425.2021.153
Subject(s) - semiotics , textuality , the internet , politics , value (mathematics) , sociology , sign (mathematics) , linguistics , selection (genetic algorithm) , field (mathematics) , media studies , political science , world wide web , philosophy , computer science , law , mathematical analysis , mathematics , machine learning , artificial intelligence , pure mathematics
The article is devoted to semiotic specificity of Internet memes in the English political discourse. The aim of the work is to figure out the core semiotic peculiarities of Internet memes in semiotic field. The article highlights the role of Internet memes in political discourse classifying them according to their textuality; thus, revealing the value of signs in memes’ formation, and specifying types and peculiarities of signs in Internet memes in political discourse. The research unitizes the units based on the presidential election in the USA 2020. The intention of memes’ creation depends on the verbalization circumstances – in 2020 this factor is determined by the pandemic. So, this selection of Internet me