Designation of conflict in the Russian Language

This contribution addresses designations of conflict in the Russian language. The focus is made on semantics and functioning of this versatile phenomenon nomination. The components of the meaning of the nominations under study are a source of linguo-cultural and historical information, and reflect the attitude of the language community to conflicts. The language corpus consists of key nominations of conflict, as well as its synonyms, and phraseological units denoting conflict. The contextual designations of conflict in media discourse are incorporated in the empirical corpus, too. In the course of componential, contextual, and linguo-cultural analysis, the semantic features of conflict designations, as well as their functioning in the discourse of media have been considered. The relationship of these units with the culture of native speakers of Russian has been brought into the open. The results obtained enable to draw the conclusion about the role of conflict in the Russian linguistic consciousness, where it proves to be an integral part of social relations, and an important communicative element in various spheres of human life