Impact of stereotypes on the arrangement of euphemisms / dysphemisms in English political discourse

Abstract

The article examines impact of stereotypes on functioning of English euphemisms and dysphemisms in the political discourse. Stereotypes create a negative or positive image of a subject, an object, an event of politics. That image is verbalized with euphemistic / dysphemistic units. Verbalization of Russian-Ukrainian conflict in the British mass media proves the relevance of this process.