Abstract:
The aim of this work is to provide a detailed outline of stylistic means of expressing aggression in modern English media discourse. The aim of this study is achieved by the following tasks: − to elicit the concept of verbal aggression as a manifestation of destructive speech behavior; − to survey the concept of aggression in different scholarly disciplines; − to systematize scholarly approaches to the study of various aspects of speech aggression; − to elicit stylistic features of verbal aggression in modern media discourse; − to substantiate the psychological aspect of the phenomenon of aggression;
− to identify the main forms and types of verbal aggression and explore the frequency of their use in media discourse; − to examine the manifestations of verbal aggression in electronic online publications, as well as in the comments of Facebook, Instagram and YouTube users.
