Linguopolitical synergetics: establishment and perspectives of research
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The article introduces a new linguistic field, linguopolitical synergetics, outlining its subject matter, core concepts, categories, and key areas of study. Linguopolitical synergetics focuses on war language, which serves as the foundation of military discourse and shapes the linguistic continuum within the modern linguistic paradigm across political linguistics, sociolinguistics, wartime communication, and military conflict studies. The study of linguopolitical synergetics examines the interaction of linguistic elements in texts across various functional styles, distinguishing positive, negative, ambivalent interactions, and reinforcement synergy. The research identifies and substantiates the subtypes of linguopolitical synergetics – macro-linguopolitical synergetics and micro-linguopolitical synergetics – along with theoretical and experimental linguopolitical synergetics. The novelty is underscored by the identification of five key research spheres within linguopolitical synergetics: synergetic, linguistic, communicative, social, and military. It is established that the fundamental components of linguopolitical synergetics involve the integration of various disciplines, including linguosynergetics, political linguistics, sociolinguistics, wartime communication, military conflict studies, and war linguistics. The article focuses on introducing key epistemes of linguopolitical synergetics, including (1) military conflict studies, which examine military conflicts, their origins, causes, developments, and outcomes; (2) wartime communication, which analyzes the process of information exchange within complex sociopolitical contexts involving military and civilian groups, authorities, and society; (3) war linguistics, a branch of philological research that uncovers the heuristic potential of war language; and (4) war language, which forms the foundation of wartime discourse. This framework shapes the linguistic continuum of the modern linguistic paradigm, crossing the boundaries of political linguistics, sociolinguistics, wartime communication, and military conflict studies. Furthermore, war-related collocations (compounds with the component ‘war’) can be expressed explicitly or implicitly, and they can consist of one or multiple components, exerting a pragmatic influence on the addressee.
Author: Yu. I. Demyanchuk
Institution: Lviv State University of Life Safety
Language: English
Subfield: Linguistics and Language
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4408201059