Situational Clichés in Military Communication: Functional Aspect and Idiomaticity
https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-5075-2025-2-101-113
Abstract
Aim. To classify situational clichés of the military sphere of communication according to their communicative-pragmatic potential.
Methodology. Situational clichés were selected by corpus analysis from Russian and US military manuals. Phraseological analysis was a key research method. The comparative method, methods of linguocultural, contextual, historical-etymological and discourse analysis were also used in the work.
Results. The classification of situational clichés of the military sphere of communication by functional criterion was created. The polyfunctionality of situational clichés in military communication is established and the disproportion in the representation of units of different functional orientation is revealed. The degree character of idiomaticity of military situational clichés is proved. The national and cultural uniqueness of military situational clichés at the level of linguistic representation at the unity of pragmatic functions is revealed.
Research implications. Theoretical and practical significance lies in the development of a functional typology of situational clichés of military communication. The results of the study can be used in the theory and practice of military translation, intercultural communication, as well as in lexicographic practice.
About the Author
E. V. Surkova
Prince Alexander Nevsky Military University of the Ministry of
Defense of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ekaterina V. Surkova – Cand . Sci . (Philology), Assoc. Prof., Dr . Sci . degree-seeking candidate, Department of English (first language)
Moscow
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