A Verbal Continuum “Hypothetical Character / Falsity” in Mass Media Discourse

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Vera N. Suzdaltseva

PhD in Philology, Associate Professor at the Chair of Stylistics of the Russian Language, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

e-mail: journ.stilist@yandex.ra

Section: Media Language

In the article there is an analysis of the linguistic units introducing semantics of hypothetical/unreliability into the information discourse. It is concluded that the use of such units paves the way for mind control.

Keywords: hypothetical, unreliability, semantic field, the manipulation, the hypothetical reality