<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE root>
<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">51175</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-2299-2026-17-1-175-185</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">IFCSHC</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>CORPUS STUDIES</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>КОРПУСНЫЕ 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">From Energy Giant to Ecological Partner: Discursive Strategies and Semantic Prosody in the Construction of Russia’s Climate Image</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>От энергетического гиганта к экологическому партнеру: дискурсивные стратегии и семантическая просодия в построении климатического образа России</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3547-2335</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Feng</surname><given-names>Dongli</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Фэн</surname><given-names>Дунли</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD in Philology</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор филологических наук</p></bio><email>kaqiuha@163.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">6447-6040</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Ju</surname><given-names>Yunsheng</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Цзю</surname><given-names>Юньшэн</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en">PhD in Philology, Deputy Director of the Russian Research Center</bio><bio xml:lang="ru">доктор филологических наук, заместитель директора Российского исследовательского центра</bio><email>zhengzhengjuju@163.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Shandong University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Шаньдунский университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Shanghai International Studies University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Шанхайский международный университет иностранных языков</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2026-07-02" publication-format="electronic"><day>02</day><month>07</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>17</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>175</fpage><lpage>185</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2026-07-09"><day>09</day><month>07</month><year>2026</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2026, Feng D., Ju Y.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2026, Фэн Д., Цзю Ю.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Feng D., Ju Y.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Фэн Д., Цзю Ю.</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/51175">https://journals.rudn.ru/semiotics-semantics/article/view/51175</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>A corpus-based critical discourse analysis of Xinhua News Agency materials from 2020 to 2024 is devoted to the media’s representation of Russia’s climate policy. The aim of the study is to fill a gap in existing scientific works, which mainly focus on Russia’s climate policy from the point of view of international relations or environmental sciences, ignoring the systematic analysis of media discourse in formation “climatic identity” of Russia. Utilizing the Factiva database, a specialized corpus was compiled and analyzed via AntConc 3.5.9, applying Fairclough’s three-dimensional critical discourse analysis framework (textual, discursive, and social practice levels). Findings reveal that Chinese media consistently portray Russia as a strategic partner in climate governance, emphasizing international cooperation, economic development, policy measures, ecological conservation, and energy transition. The positive framing aligns with China’s national climate strategy and reflects Russia’s growing geopolitical influence as both a major emitter and carbon sink. The study contributes to understanding how media discourse constructs cross-border ecological narratives, offering insights into the interplay between national policies, global climate governance norms, and Sino-Russian strategic relations.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Корпусный критический дискурс-анализ материалов информационного агентства Синьхуа за период с 2020 по 2024 г. посвящен представлению в СМИ климатической политики России. Цель исследования - восполнить пробел в существующих научных работах, которые преимущественно фокусируются на климатической политике России с точки зрения международных отношений или наук об окружающей среде, игнорируя систематический анализ медийного дискурса в формировании «климатической идентичности» России. С использованием базы данных Factiva был составлен специализированный корпус текстов; с помощью AntConc 3.5.9 и трехмерной структуры критического дискурсивного анализа Фэрклафа (текстовый, дискурсивный и уровень социальной практики) был проведен его анализ. Результаты исследования показывают, что китайские СМИ последовательно изображают Россию как стратегического партнера в управлении климатом, акцентируя внимание реципиентов на таких аспектах, как международное сотрудничество, экономическое развитие, политические меры, охрану окружающей среды и энергетический переход. Позитивный подход соответствует национальной климатической стратегии Китая и отражает растущее геополитическое влияние России как крупного источника выбросов и поглотителя углерода. Исследование способствует пониманию того, как медийный дискурс конструирует трансграничные экологические нарративы, предлагая понимание взаимодействия между национальной политикой, глобальными нормами управления климатом и стратегическими отношениями между Китаем и Россией.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>corpus analysis</kwd><kwd>climate change</kwd><kwd>ecological discourse</kwd><kwd>China</kwd><kwd>Russia</kwd><kwd>critical discourse analysis</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>корпусный анализ</kwd><kwd>изменение климата</kwd><kwd>экологический дискурс</kwd><kwd>Китай</kwd><kwd>Россия</kwd><kwd>критический дискурс-анализ</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta><fn-group/></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Fairclough, N. (2003). Analysing Discourse: Textual Analysis for Social Research. Routledge.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Fairclough, N. (1992). Discourse and Social Change. Polity Press.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B3"><label>3.</label><mixed-citation>Wodak, R. (2001). The Discourse-Historical Approach. In: R. Wodak &amp; M. Meyer (eds.), Methods for Critical Discourse Analysis (pp. 63-95). Sage.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B4"><label>4.</label><mixed-citation>Van Dijk, T. A. (1998). Ideology: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Sage.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B5"><label>5.</label><mixed-citation>Chilton, P. (2004). Analyzing Political Discourse: Theory and Practice. Routledge.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B6"><label>6.</label><mixed-citation>Cap, P. (2013). Proximization: The Pragmatics of Symbolic Distance Crossing. John Benjamins.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B7"><label>7.</label><mixed-citation>Baker, P., &amp; Levon, E. (2015). Picking the Right Cherries? A Comparison of Corpus-Based and Qualitative Analyses of News Articles about Masculinity. Discourse &amp; Communication, 9(2), 221-236. https://doi.org/10.1177/1750481314568542</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B8"><label>8.</label><mixed-citation>Baker, P., Gabrielatos, C., Khosravinik, M., Krzyzanowski, M., McEnery, T., &amp; Wodak, R. (2008). A Useful Methodological Synergy? Combining Critical Discourse Analysis and Corpus Linguistics to Examine Discourses of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the UK Press. Discourse &amp; Society, 19(3), 273-306. https://doi.org/10.1177/0957926508088962 EDN: JRKJXB</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B9"><label>9.</label><mixed-citation>Piguet, E. (2013). From “Primitive Migration” to “Climate Refugees”: The Curious Fate of the Natural Environment in Migration Studies. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 103(1), 148-162.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B10"><label>10.</label><mixed-citation>Liu, M. (2020). A Study on the Cognitive Changes of the “Belt and Road” in Mainstream Japanese Newspapers: A Corpus-Based Critical Discourse Analysis. Foreign Language Teaching and Technology, 5, 108-113. (In Chinese).</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B11"><label>11.</label><mixed-citation>Hu, K., &amp; Tian, X. (2018). A Study of the Image of Chinese Diplomacy in the English Translation of Chinese Diplomatic Discourse: A Corpus-Based Study. Chinese Foreign Languages, 15(6), 79-88. (In Chinese).</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B12"><label>12.</label><mixed-citation>Liu, P., &amp; Dong, G. (2024). A Comparative Study on the Construction of China’s Image in Press Conferences of Chinese and U.S. Foreign Ministries: A Corpus-Based Critical Discourse Analysis. News and Communication Review, 77(2), 106-118. (In Chinese).</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B13"><label>13.</label><mixed-citation>Li, J. (2018). Corpus-Assisted Analysis of the Construction of China’s Economic Discourse in British Media. Foreign Language Journal, 3, 52-57. (In Chinese).</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B14"><label>14.</label><mixed-citation>Liu, H., &amp; Chen, S. (2023). The Interpretation of China’s National Image in the Context of Russian Media: A Case Study of the Reporting on the Beijing Winter Olympics. Chinese Russian Teaching, 42(3), 10-20. (In Chinese).</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B15"><label>15.</label><mixed-citation>Auge, A. (2022). From Scientific Arguments to Scepticism: Humans’ Place in the Greenhouse. Public Understanding of Science, 31(2), 179-194. https://doi.org/10.1177/09636625211035624 EDN: CNYRFP</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B16"><label>16.</label><mixed-citation>He, W., &amp; Cheng, M. (2023). Study of the Discourse of External Propaganda in the Construction of Ecological Civilization in the New Era and the Formation if National Ecological Image. Foreign Language Teaching and Technology, 4, 84-91, 125. (In Chinese).</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B17"><label>17.</label><mixed-citation>Louw, B. (1993). Irony in the Text or Insincerity in The Writer? The Diagnostic Potential of Semantic Prosodies. In: M. Baker, G. Francis &amp; E. Tognini-Bonelli (eds.), Text and Technology (pp. 157-176). John Benjamins.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B18"><label>18.</label><mixed-citation>Stubbs, M. (1996). Text and Corpus Analysis. Blackwell.</mixed-citation></ref></ref-list></back></article>
