“A double-edged sword”: communicative failures of using idiomatic expressions in media discourse

Polyakova Elena, Shchitova Natalya

The paper is devoted to the topical problem of studying Russian idiomatic expressions in use and linguistic and extralinguistic causes of their actualization in media discourse. Considerable attention is paid to the study of communicative failures, caused by the use of idioms by foreign speakers in the political media space. It is noted that the use of idiomatic expressions especially proverbs and sayings reveals the identification “friend-or-foe”.

Keywords:communication, communicative failures, addresser, addressee, media discourse, idiomatic expression, proverb.