The Metaphoric Image of Gazprom Company in the French Press

Student: Alekseeva Anastasiia

Supervisor: Andrei Botchkarev

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities (Nizhny Novgorod)

Educational Programme: Political Linguistics (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2016

Energy resources constitute the basis of Russian international market. In this respect the way the Russian energy corporations are reflected in press is of great importance. The aim of this research is the analysis of metaphoric image of Gazprom created in French daily press. The object of the research is political discourse represented by French daily press. The main method of this research is the method of linguistic and statics data analysis. The study finds the dependence of metaphoric image of the company on political events. The structure of the research includes introduction, two chapters, conclusion and a list of literature.

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