METAPHORIC MODEL "POLITICS IS SPORT" IN THE RUSSIAN-LANGUAGE MEDIA DISCOURSE (ON THE EXAMPLE OF A CHESS GAME)
The article is devoted to the description of the metaphorical model «politics is a sport» in the texts of Russian-language political media. Particular attention is paid to the metaphorical image of chess as a component of modern media space. The paper reveals the features of the implementation of key units that model the image of modern politics through language units associated with the game of chess, establishes a change in the semantics of the selected words when they function in political contexts.