eprintid: 10206640 rev_number: 12 eprint_status: archive userid: 654 dir: disk0/10/20/66/40 datestamp: 2025-03-27 11:57:56 lastmod: 2025-04-11 06:10:10 status_changed: 2025-03-27 11:57:56 type: proceedings_section metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Chendei, Nataliya title: Epistemic stance in Ukrainian newspaper discourse on migration and refugees: Ukrainian versus European perspectives ispublished: pub keywords: Ukrainian newspaper discourse, epistemic stance, modality, migration, refugees note: This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: 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. date: 2025-04-11 publisher: Uzhhorod National University = ДВНЗ "Ужгородський національний університет" official_url: https://www.uzhnu.edu.ua/en/ oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual doi: 10.14324/000.ch.10206640 isbn_13: 978-617-8390-78-5 full_text_status: public place_of_pub: Uzhhorod, Ukraine pagerange: 174-190 event_title: Languages and Cultures in Times of War: (Im)possible, (Re)imagined, (Un)manageable book_title: Мови та культури під час війни: Колективна монографія = Languages and cultures in times of war: Collective monograph editors_name: Shumytska, Halyna editors_name: Krouglov, Alex citation: Chendei, Nataliya; (2025) Epistemic stance in Ukrainian newspaper discourse on migration and refugees: Ukrainian versus European perspectives. In: Shumytska, Halyna and Krouglov, Alex, (eds.) Мови та культури під час війни: Колективна монографія = Languages and cultures in times of war: Collective monograph. (pp. pp. 174-190). Uzhhorod National University = ДВНЗ "Ужгородський національний університет": Uzhhorod, Ukraine. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10206640/1/Chendei_paper10.pdf