Topos in Slovak Media Discourse on Inclusive Language

Maryna KAZHARNOVICH 

https://doi.org/10.53465/JAP.2025.9788022552806.228-243

 

Abstract: The article is devoted to the analysis of topos in the Slovak media discourse on inclusive language from the perspective of topos theory, which offers one of the most effective ways to identify dominant arguments and their argumentative strength. Special attention is paid to the consideration of the concept of topos in the world of rhetorical science and historical discourse analysis with the goal of understanding the content of the term topos in the theory of argumentation and its function in the argumentation process. Using the heuristic potential of the topos as an argumentation scheme, the article analyzes media communications in which the necessity of generic inclusion of the Slovak language is substantiated. The analysis aims to identify and interpret the most frequent topoi in the selected discourse through the prism of their semantic indicators and the method of implementing the argumentation scheme.

Keywords: argumentation, topos (topoi), argumentation scheme, inclusive language, discourse analysis

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Language of the paper: English

Online publication date: 23 December 2025

Pages: 228 – 243

 

ISBN: 978-80-225-5280-6 (online), 978-80-225-5279-0

ISSN: 2729-8973 (online), 2729-8981

Publisher: Bratislava University of Economics and Business, Vydavateľstvo Ekonóm

 

How to cite this conference proceedings paper (APA 7^th Edition):

Kazharnovich, M. (2025). Topos in Slovak Media Discourse on Inclusive Language. In R. Štefančík (Ed.), Jazyk a politika. Na pomedzí lingvistiky a politológie X (pp. 228–243). Vydavateľstvo Ekonóm. https://doi.org/10.53465/JAP.2025.9788022552806.228-243