Стрельнік, Аліна Дмитрівна (2025) Trash-talking in modern English sport discourse [Composition] Другий (магістерський). Шифр академічної групи: МЛАм-1-23-2,0з. Дата захисту: 19.06.2025, Київський столичний університет імені Бориса Грінченка.
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Abstract
The research investigates trash-talking as a distinctive and multifunctional discursive genre within modern English-language sports discourse. The study is grounded in the hypothesis that trash-talking constitutes a complex communicative phenomenon integrating functions of psychological influence, self-presentation, emotional release, and social structuring. The primary aim of the research is to provide a comprehensive analysis of trash-talking as a means of verbal interaction in competitive contexts, with a focus on its communicative, pragmatic, and stylistic characteristics. Methodologically, the study employs discourse analysis, content analysis, stylistic and semiotic analysis, and a psycholinguistic approach. The analysis reveals that trash-talking functions are a strategic tool of psychological manipulation. The empirical material comprises over 50 examples drawn from sports interviews, press conferences, podcasts, and social media across a range of sports, including boxing, MMA, football, basketball, and tennis. The findings confirm that trash-talking occupies a unique place within the communicative system of competitive sports, serving not only as a manifestation of verbal aggression but also as a culturally and semiotically loaded tool for influencing the behavior and cognition of opponents. The research has proven that trash talk affects the opponent's psychological state.
| Item Type: | Composition (Другий (магістерський)) |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | discursive strategy; pragmatics; psychological influence; sports discourse; stylistic devices; trash-talking |
| Шифр освітньої програми: | 035.041.01 |
| Шифр академічної групи: | МЛАм-1-23-2,0з |
| ПІБ наукового керівника: | Колесник Олександр Сергійович |
| Дата захисту: | 19.06.2025 |
| Місце захисту: | Київський столичний університет імені Бориса Грінченка |
| Subjects: | Qualification works of applicants > Мова і література (англійська) |
| Divisions: | Факультет романо-германської філології > Кафедра лінгвістики та перекладу |
| Depositing User: | Катерина Петрівна Коробова |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Nov 2025 08:40 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Nov 2025 08:40 |
| URI: | https://elibrary.kubg.edu.ua/id/eprint/53732 |
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