Pragmatics of emotionality in discourse processing: prolegomena to ideology shaping engines

• Main Author: Pinich Iryna
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sciendo 2017-06-01
• Series: Lege Artis. Language yesterday, today, tomorrow
• Subjects: intentionality theory; emotional intentionality; emotional community; emotional repertoire; emotional ecosystem; ideology; emotional regime; emotional refuge
• Online Access: http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/lart.2017.2.issue-1/lart-2017-0007/lart-2017-0007.xml?format=INT

Employing the theory of Intentionality the paper argues ubiquity and continuity of the pragmatic category of emotional intentionality in generating and promulgating ideologies via the literary works of contemporaries. The paper offers explanations of the nature of emotionality in the structure of emotional ecosystems and highlights the correlation of dominant emotional communities and dissemination of ideologies.