%0 Generic
%A Chendei, Nataliya
%C Uzhhorod, Ukraine
%D 2025
%E Shumytska, Halyna
%E Krouglov, Alex
%F discovery:10206640
%I Uzhhorod National University = ДВНЗ "Ужгородський національний університет"
%K Ukrainian newspaper discourse, epistemic stance, modality, migration, refugees
%P 174-190
%T Epistemic stance in Ukrainian newspaper discourse on migration and refugees: Ukrainian versus European perspectives
%U https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10206640/
%X The realization of epistemic stance in newspaper discourse coincides  with the verbalization of modality through linguistic means, which together constitute  the modal metatext that explicates the stance of the speaker (author, writer, observer,  viewer) as a recipient-mediator between the represented reality and the reader /listener.  The establishment of key discourse modals enables the revelation of the ideology behind  the text, as well as the image of migrants constructed in Ukrainian media and imposed  on the newspaper readership. The analysis has proven that migrants are stereotypically  portrayed as “vulnerable outsiders” who can be used as hybrid weapons to cause  instability and chaos. However, refugees from Ukraine are often viewed as an economic  asset to EU states, enhancing productivity due to the gender and age structure of the  influx population. On the contrary, an outflow of young people brings about a negative  context in terms of nation identity and the demographic composition of Ukraine’s  population.
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