THE REPRESENTATION OF CONCEPT “CORONATION” IN NAIVE MEDICAL DISCOURSE

Ananyeva Yuliya Sergeevna, Skryabina Ekaterina Yuryevna

This study is devoted to the study of linguo-cognitive features of the representation of knowledge about coronavirus infection in naive medical discourse, represented by texts aimed at children. In the spring of 2020, a coronavirus pandemic was declared in the world, a disease caused by a new type of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which was officially called COVID-19. Due to the progressive psycho-emotional stress in society, literature and the media have made attempts to simply and easily explain to the population the causes of the disease and the available methods of prevention. Despite the fact that the children's contingent was the least susceptible to the disease, this topic was widely covered in children's books, as well as in posters, posters and brochures. The purpose of this article is to analyze and study various ways of updating knowledge about coronavirus infection that are accessible to children's understanding. The article describes the results of the analysis of the frame of the concept "Coronavirus", which reflects the "childish" vision of the disease. The role of metaphor as the main mechanism for representing information about the disease and its prevention is shown. As a result of the study, strategies for verbalizing knowledge about coronavirus infection are identified that contribute to the education and socialization of children.

Keywords:medical discourse, coronavirus, concept, frame, slot, metaphor