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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">RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Теория языка. Семиотика. Семантика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-2299</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2411-1236</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">30707</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-2299-2022-13-1-174-183</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>SOCIOCOGNITIVE STUDIES</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>СОЦИОКОГНИТИВНЫЕ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ</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">Metaphorical Representation of Coronavirus in Medical Myths</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Метафорическая репрезентация коронавируса в медицинских мифах</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">6992-0076</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Stepanova</surname><given-names>Elena S.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Степанова</surname><given-names>Елена Сергеевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en">PhD of Philology, Department of Foreign and Latin Languages</bio><bio xml:lang="ru">кандидат филологических наук, доцент кафедры иностранных и латинского языков</bio><email>pretty.step@bk.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Samara State Medical University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Самарский государственный медицинский университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2022-03-31" publication-format="electronic"><day>31</day><month>03</month><year>2022</year></pub-date><volume>13</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 13, NO1 (2022)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 13, №1 (2022)</issue-title><fpage>174</fpage><lpage>183</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2022-03-31"><day>31</day><month>03</month><year>2022</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2022, Stepanova E.S.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2022, Степанова Е.С.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2022</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Stepanova E.S.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Степанова Е.С.</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/semiotics-semantics/article/view/30707">https://journals.rudn.ru/semiotics-semantics/article/view/30707</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">This paper focuses on metaphorical representation of coronavirus in medical myths on the example of the British media. To attain this goal, the descriptive metaphor theory is used for the analysis of metaphorical models for the conceptualization of coronavirus. The information about the virus transmitted by the media correlates with background knowledge of the recipient, acquires new conceptual characteristics. Our hypothesis is that metaphorical actualization of coronavirus in medical myths is represented by the descriptive metaphor, the content of which changes depending on the specifics of the spread of the virus over the country as well as the political situation in the country. The research is based on the assumption that metaphorical implications in medical myths influence the representation of the disease, which reflects not only general beliefs about this disease, but also molds the public opinion on political situation in the linguocultural society. The objective of this research is to analyze the titles and leads of the British press about coronavirus and interpret the metaphorical models for the conceptualization of coronavirus, used in medical myths. The objective of the research determined the choice of research methods: content analysis of titles and leads that contain metaphorical models for the conceptualization of coronavirus in medical myths; sampling analysis aimed at identifying and describing the functions of metaphorical models in the representation of the disease in medical myths. The notions of metalanguage such as the signification descriptor and the denotation descriptor are used to describe the functioning of metaphors. The research findings reveal that for the conceptualization of coronavirus in medical myths the following metaphorical models are used: ‘Coronavirus-military rival’, ‘Coronavirus-natural disaster’ and ‘Coronavirus-silver lining’.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">Статья посвящена метафорической репрезентации коронавируса в медицинских мифах на примере британских СМИ. Для достижения этой цели используется дескриптивная теория метафоры для анализа метафорических моделей концептуализации коронавируса. Информация о вирусе, передаваемая СМИ, коррелирует с фоновыми знаниями реципиента, приобретает новые концептуальные характеристики, которые отражаются в медицинских мифах. Гипотеза исследования заключается в том, что метафорическая репрезентация коронавируса в медицинских мифах представлена дескриптивной метафорой, содержание которой меняется в зависимости от специфики распространения вируса, а также политической ситуации в стране. Исходной предпосылкой для исследования является предположение о том, что метафорические значения в медицинских мифах влияют на представление о болезни, которое отражает не только общие представления об этом заболевании, но и формирует общественное мнение о политической ситуации в лингвокультурном обществе. Цель этого исследования - проанализировать заголовки и лиды британской прессы о коронавирусе и интерпретировать метафорические модели концептуализации коронавируса, используемые в медицинских мифах. Цель исследования обусловила выбор методов исследования: контент-анализ заголовков и лидов, содержащих метафорические модели для концептуализации коронавируса в медицинских мифах; выборочный анализ, направленный на выявление и описание функций метафорических моделей для репрезентации болезни в медицинских мифах. Нами были использованы понятия метаязыка, такие, как «сигнификативный дескриптор» и «денотативный дескриптор», которые позволяют описывать функционирование метафор. Результаты исследования показывают, что для концептуализации коронавируса в медицинских мифах используются следующие метафорические модели: «Коронавирус - военный соперник», «Коронавирус - стихийное бедствие» и «Коронавирус - луч надежды».</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>coronavirus</kwd><kwd>metaphorical representation</kwd><kwd>conceptualization</kwd><kwd>medical myth</kwd><kwd>metaphorical model</kwd><kwd>disease</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>коронавирус</kwd><kwd>метафорическое представление</kwd><kwd>концептуализация</kwd><kwd>медицинский миф</kwd><kwd>метафорическая модель</kwd><kwd>болезнь</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">King, K.C. &amp; Hoffman, J.R. (2000). Myths and medicine. 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