The Unitied Kingdom from the European Union in british, german and russian print media)

Kurts Maxim Andreevich, Bykova Ludmila Vladimirovna

This article studies peculiarities of metaphorical modeling of the “Brexit” concept in British, German and Russian political discourse. The study is based on articles from the British, German and Russian media that use metaphors in order to describe the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. The objectives of the study are to identify the most frequent metaphorical models, to conduct a detailed analysis of the examples, and to make conclusions regarding the general nature of each metaphorical model.

Keywords:Brexit, mass media, metaphor, metaphorical model, concept, connotation.