EMOTIONAL VOCABULARY AS A MEANS OF CREATING AN ATTRACTIVE IMAGE OF A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE IN THE SPANISH-LANGUAGE MEDIA SPACE (BASED ON ONLINE ARTICLES)

Authors

  • Anna Zikranets Master Student at Department of Romanic Philology Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine) 14 Taras Shevchenko Blvd., Kyiv, Ukraine, 01601 , Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17721/2663-6530.2025.48.07

Keywords:

emotional vocabulary, Spanish-language media discourse, healthy lifestyle, persuasiveness, functional-pragmatic aspect

Abstract

The article analyses the peculiarities of emotional vocabulary usage in terms of  grammar, emotional polarity and intensity, and examines the role of this vocabulary in creating an attractive image of a healthy lifestyle in Spanish-language digital media. Thanks to the method of quantitative calculations, the predominance of vocabulary with a positive connotation (in particular, nouns and adjectives) over negative vocabulary, as well as vocabulary with a high degree of intensity, which contributes to the  persuasiveness of the discourse of a healthy lifestyle, was recorded. Functional and pragmatic analysis showed that the main functions of emotional vocabulary in the studied discourse are persuasion, identification, didactic, attention-grabbing and ideological, among which the dominant function is persuasion, which positions health as the highest value, motivating the reader to adhere to a healthy lifestyle. The results of the study contribute to a broader understanding of media discourse and emphasise the central role of emotional vocabulary as a means of influencing the audience in the discourse of a  healthy lifestyle.

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2025-10-07

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Zikranets, A. (2025). EMOTIONAL VOCABULARY AS A MEANS OF CREATING AN ATTRACTIVE IMAGE OF A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE IN THE SPANISH-LANGUAGE MEDIA SPACE (BASED ON ONLINE ARTICLES). PROBLEMS OF SEMANTICS, PRAGMATICS AND COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS, 1(48), 89-101. https://doi.org/10.17721/2663-6530.2025.48.07