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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Russian Journal of Linguistics</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Russian Journal of Linguistics</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Russian Journal of Linguistics</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2687-0088</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2686-8024</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">34230</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2687-0088-33319</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">ATIPRQ</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Статьи</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="zh"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">The meaning of welcome. Positive migration discourse</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Добро пожаловать. Позитивный миграционный дискурс</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9968-1162</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Ponton</surname><given-names>Douglas Mark</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Понтон</surname><given-names>Дуглас Марк</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Associate Professor of English Language and Translation at the Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Catania. His research interests include political discourse analysis, ecolinguistics, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, pragmatics and critical discourse studies. He has held teaching and research positions at the universities of Catania, Messina and Pisa. His most recent research projects concern the Montalbano effect on tourism in Sicily, ecological questions in Sicily, and Sicilian dialect theatre. He is linguistic consultant for Vernon Press and is peer reviewer for numerous international journals.</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>профессор, преподаватель английского языка и перевода на кафедре политических и социальных наук в Катанийском университете (Италия). Сфера его научных интересов включает анализ политического дискурса, эколингвистику, социолингвистику, прикладную лингвистику, прагматику и критический дискурс-анализ. Преподавал в университетах Катании, Мессины и Пизы. Его недавние исследовательские проекты связаны с влиянием «эффекта Монтельбано» на туризм в Сицилии, с экологическими проблемами в Сицилии и сицилийским диалектным театром. Является консультантом по лингвистике в Vernon Press и рецензентом в ряде международных журналов.</p></bio><email>dmponton@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">University of Catania</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Катанийский университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2023-03-30" publication-format="electronic"><day>30</day><month>03</month><year>2023</year></pub-date><volume>27</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">Identity, Politeness and Discursive Practices  in a Changing World</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Идентичность, вежливость и дискурсивные практики  в меняющемся мире</issue-title><fpage>134</fpage><lpage>151</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2023-04-03"><day>03</day><month>04</month><year>2023</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2023, Ponton D.M.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2023, Понтон Д.М.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="zh">Copyright ©; 2023, Ponton D.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2023</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Ponton D.M.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Понтон Д.М.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="zh">Ponton D.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/linguistics/article/view/34230">https://journals.rudn.ru/linguistics/article/view/34230</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">Human e/migration across the Mediterranean increased significantly in the first part of the 21st century. At the mercy of people smugglers, migrants who succeed in crossing the seas face uncertain futures in Europe. Such immigration is at the heart of political debate in Europe, where right-wing populist parties have made significant gains because of their opposition to it. These parties tend to view human migration as a negative phenomenon, using familiar and by now even clichéd cultural and socio-political arguments against it. This study explores some of these discursive tropes. Rather than following studies that use a critical discourse paradigm, the paper’s main aim is to identify positive discourse and practice that might represent models for future behaviour in this context. It focuses on a discussion on recent migration involving Italy and, by applying tools of pragmatic analysis, united to knowledge of the socio-political background, traces some underlying trends in migrant reception. The data analysed were gathered by interviewing an Italian mayor who has attracted hostility from right-wing media for his novel approach to migrants, whose needs are met by finding them a place in the local social context. Findings suggest that, in certain circumstances, the migratory phenomenon may benefit not just the subjects involved but also the places concerned. The study thus foregrounds the degree to which welcoming the cultural other counters social discourses that currently appear triumphant in mainstream media and electoral processes.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">С первой половины 21 века наблюдается существенный рост миграции в Средиземноморье. Мигрантов, нелегально попадающих в Европу, ожидает неопределенное будущее. Тема иммиграции находится в центре политических дебатов в Европе, где выступающие против нее правые популистские партии существенно укрепили свои позиции. Эти партии, как правило, трактуют миграцию как негативное явление и, выступая против нее, используют хорошо известные, уже устоявшиеся и даже клишированные культурные и социополитические аргументы. В данном исследовании рассматриваются некоторые из этих дискурсивных тропов. В отличие от исследований, которые используют критический дискурс-анализ (CDA), данная статья нацелена на выявление позитивных дискурсивных практик, которые могли бы выступить как модели для будущих обсуждений этой проблемы. В центре внимания - дискуссия по вопросу о нынешней миграции в Италии. Цель статьи - проследить некоторые новые тенденции в восприятии мигрантов, применяя инструменты прагматического анализа и принимая во внимание социополитический контекст. Проанализированные данные были собраны в ходе интервью с одним из мэров Италии, который вызвал враждебность со стороны правых СМИ из-за своего нового подхода к мигрантам, нацеленного на их вовлечение в местный социальный контекст. Полученные результаты свидетельствуют о том, что при определенных обстоятельствах миграция может принести пользу не только вовлеченным в нее субъектам, но и принимающей их стороне. Таким образом, исследование определяет, в какой степени позитивное отношение к другим культурам противостоит социальным дискурсам, доминирующим в настоящее время как в основных средствах массовой информации, так и в избирательных кампаниях.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Migration</kwd><kwd>Mimmo Lucano</kwd><kwd>ideology</kwd><kwd>discourse pragmatics</kwd><kwd>social integration</kwd><kwd>Positive Discourse Analysis</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>миграция</kwd><kwd>Миммо Лукано</kwd><kwd>идеология</kwd><kwd>дискурсивная прагматика</kwd><kwd>социальная интеграция</kwd><kwd>позитивный дискурс-анализ</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Alaazi, Dominic A., Alphonse Ndem Ahola, Philomina Okeke-Ihejirika, Sophie Yohani, Helen Vallianatos &amp; Bukola Salami. 2021. ‘Immigrants and the Western Media: A critical discourse analysis of newspaper framings of African immigrant parenting in Canada’. 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