СТРУКТУРНО-СЕМАНТИЧНІ ТА ПРАГМАТИЧНІ АСПЕКТИ ПРОМОВИ ПРОФЕСІЙНОГО ДИПЛОМАТА У СУЧАСНОМУ КИТАЙСЬКОМОВНОМУ ДИПЛОМАТИЧНОМУ ДИСКУРСІ

Abstract

The article analyzes the structural, lexical-semantic and pragmatic features of the public speech of a professional diplomat as a genre of modern Chinese-language diplomatic discourse based on the material of the speech of the Charge d’Affaires of the People’s Republic of China at the UN Dai Bing at the open meeting of the UN Security Council on the issue of Ukraine on February 24, 2023. Based on the results of an analysis of fragments of discourse carried out using a wide range of discursive research methods developed by T. Van Dijk and taking into account the current international political context and the actual interests of China in the global and regional dimension, the key discursive goals that the Chinese side is most likely to achieve and strive to achieve namely: promotion of a positive image of the PRC as a “responsible state” that adheres to generally recognized norms of international and humanitarian law, protects the interests of peaceful citizens and economically vulnerable states; promoting one’s vision of the Taiwan issue as a matter of territorial integrity; discrediting the USA, its key geopolitical opponent, as a state that applies double standards in international politics, interferes in the internal affairs of other states, incites war in Ukraine, is not interested in established peace; an attempt to neutralize the negative image of the Russian Federation by silencing the role of each of the parties to the conflict, declaring theses about the existence of “rational security concerns” caused by the “expansion of military blocs” and support for the Russian Federation’s rhetoric regarding the need to immediately start negotiations “without preconditions”; protecting one’s own economic interests by criticizing the sanctions policy.