Systemic and genre characteristics of the English-language discourse of information technologies

Ayvazyan N. B.

The article is devoted to the study and description of the systemic and genre characteristics of the modern English-language discourse of information technologies, verbalized in the non-fiction texts of the Internet resources. The relevance of this study is due to the intensive development of information technologies, generating changes in society, in the professional and scientific fields, contributing to the effective implementation of professional communication. The article describes the typical participants of the discourse of information technologies, its chronotope, goals, values, themes, strategies and genres. It was revealed that for the discourse of information technologies, actualizing professional knowledge in the field of information and computer communication, the integral characteristics are the popularization of scientific knowledge, promotion of professional value concepts, representation of certain professionally significant meanings, genre diversity.

Keywords:discourse of information technologies, concept, value, strategies, genres.