THE SALISBURY POISONING AS A TARGET DOMAIN OF METAPHORIC EXPANSION IN THE RUSSIAN AND UK MASS MEDIA
The article deals with the features of the metaphorical conceptualization of the target domain “Salisbury poisoning” in the media of Great Britain and Russia. The research methodology is based on the theory of conceptual metaphor and the method of metaphorical modeling. The material of the study was 200 metaphors in the narrative “Salisbury poisoning” in the British and Russian media in 2018-2020. The article reveals national specificity in the choice of source domains, reflecting differences in the assessment of the situation.