Mixed Martial Arts Discourse from the Perspective of its Entertaining Nature and Figurativeness
https://doi.org/10.25205/1818-7935-2022-20-4-146-159
Abstract
The article dwells on mixed martial arts discourse which is interpreted as a type of martial discourse dealing with sports communication and having an entertaining quality, thus allowing us to speak of a hybrid discourse. The methodology of this research includes descriptive and analytical methods. The linguostylistic and contextual types of analysis alongside with the quantitative method have been applied. The most common key concepts related to interactive communication have been singled out: ‘game’, ‘fun’, ‘show’, ‘entertainment’, ‘performance’, ‘pleasure’, etc. All of them play an important role in mixed martial arts discourse and manifest themselves in its lexis. We have also found that one of the most important tropes used in sports communication is the metaphor. In mixed martial arts discourse, many metaphorical models are actualized. The main one is the military metaphor. This is accounted for by profound kinship between mixed martial arts, the battle, the fight and the war. In our material, a zoomorphic metaphor is the second most frequent one. Reference to the animal world is underpinned by drawing a parallel between animal and human aggression. A professional mixed martial artist has to be dangerous and belligerent. Hence, the metaphorical likening of them to the hunter and to some extent to someone disturbing public order or even breaking the law, that is what our analysis shows. It was also found that a mixed martial arts champion is often portrayed as the king (or the queen as the case may be).
About the Author
A. B. Alexeyev
The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexander B. Alexeyev, Candidate of Philology
Moscow
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Alexeyev A.B. Mixed Martial Arts Discourse from the Perspective of its Entertaining Nature and Figurativeness. NSU Vestnik. Series: Linguistics and Intercultural Communication. 2022;20(4):146-159. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25205/1818-7935-2022-20-4-146-159
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