Anti-Armenian Propaganda Discourse Research Laboratory

The "Anti-Armenian Propaganda Discourse Research Laboratory" basic program (scientific mentor: distinguished figure of science, correspondent member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, professor S. K. Gasparyan) started based on the Chair of English Philology of the Faculty of European Languages and Communication of YSU with funding from the RA state budget. Since 2021, it has been transferred to the YSU Institute of Armenian Studies, where it continues its activities.

The relevance of the program is determined by important questions, the clarification of which is highly relevant, especially from the perspective of the trends in the development of modern linguistic, legal, and historical-cultural thought and geopolitical developments. Through a comprehensive study of the peculiarities of language use, it aims to examine the foreign language materials in active circulation, carrying out an anti-Armenian propaganda mission (in particular, English, German, French: printed and online), to highlight the linguistic patterns regularly used in them, with the help of which the authors "succeed" to distort the facts and realities, to form anti-Armenian sentiments and evaluations, towards which a loyal position can create serious challenges and dangers for the Armenian state and statehood, to undermine the international perception and appreciation of the image of the Armenian people. Using various linguistic, general linguistic, and linguistic cultural approaches and methodologies, the context of the anti-Armenian propaganda discourse is examined within the framework of this project. Both linguistic and extra-linguistic factors are taken into account, which contributes to introducing the given internal value into the text and realizing anti-Armenian communicative purposes. Within the framework of this basic project, the study revealed the irreplaceable and effective role of language in removing the tendencies of authors promoting anti-Armenianism and providing a true and unbiased perception of the image of Armenia and the Armenian people.

Many monographs and scientific articles have been published by this base laboratory, and the researched problems and obtained results have been presented at international conferences and prestigious scientific seminar-discussion platforms.