This paper shows how otherness, having a negative representation potential, is covered in media discourse with a focus on the first day of the Russia–Ukraine war. In this article, I specifically investigate the representation of otherness that weaves the web of relations within the “us versus them” narrative espoused most strongly by Teun A. Van Dijk (1992. Discourse and the denial of racism. Discourse and Society 3. 87–118, 2002. Discourse and racism. In David Goldberg & John Solomos (eds.), The Blackwell companion to racial and ethnic studies, 145–159. Oxford: Blackwell) and further developed within the premises of a proximisation theory (e.g., Cap 2013. Proximization: The pragmatics of symbolic distance crossing. Amsterdam: John Benjamins; Chilton 2004. Analysing political discourse: Theory and practice. London: Routledge). This framework concerns the positive self-representation of Ukraine and its performance contrasted with Russia’s negative other-presentation. Following this account, otherness serves as means of legitimising media actions as preventive measures taken to inform society about the past, create the present state of the world through assertions (Dunmire 2011. Projecting the future through political discourse. Amsterdam: John Benjamins; Searle 2010. Making the social world: The structure of human civilization. Oxford: Oxford University Press) which endorse media credibility and predict future outcomes with respect to the horror of the unfolding war. This study argues that the representation of otherness takes place at the proximisation level of certain lexico-grammatical choices that are used strategically by media to cover the narrative of a “permanent military standby” and the “immediacy of otherness”.

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“绘制和预测俄罗斯-乌克兰战争媒体话语中的差异性”

本文展示了如何差异性具有负面代表性的潜力，被媒体讨论所覆盖，重点关注俄罗斯-乌克兰战争的第一天。在这篇文章中，我专门研究了在“我们”中编织关系网的他者的表征。相对Teun A. Van Dijk (1992. 话语和对种族主义的否认。话语与社会3. 87–118, 2002。话语与种族主义。在大卫·戈德堡和约翰·索洛莫斯（编辑）中，布莱克威尔种族和民族研究的伴侣，145–159。牛津：布莱克威尔）并在邻近化理论的前提下进一步发展（例如，第 2013 章。邻近化：符号距离跨越的语用学。阿姆斯特丹：约翰·本杰明斯；奇尔顿 2004。分析政治话语：理论与实践。伦敦：劳特利奇）。该框架涉及乌克兰的积极自我表现及其表现，与俄罗斯消极的其他表现形成鲜明对比。按照这种说法，差异性成为媒体行动合法化的手段，作为预防措施，向社会通报过去，通过断言创造世界的现状（Dunmire 2011.通过政治话语预测未来。阿姆斯特丹：约翰·本杰明斯；塞尔2010。创造社会世界：人类文明的结构。牛津：牛津大学出版社）认可媒体可信度并预测有关正在展开的战争的恐怖的未来结果。这项研究认为，他者的表征发生在某些词汇语法选择的接近水平上，媒体战略性地使用这些选择来掩盖“永久军事待命”和“他者的即时性”的叙述。