Implementing Consolidation Strategies in Institutional Discourse: Modeling Concept of COOPERATION

This study is situated within the framework of contemporary linguopolitics. It identifies the means of representing consolidation strategies in institutional discourse texts. Utilizing lexicographic analysis, the research reveals words that convey the semantics of unity. Through the application of the Voyant Tools program for automated data processing (corpus analysis), the frequency of these terms is determined, allowing for the ranking of lexemes and highlighting the dominant unit of cooperation. An examination of collocations with this lexeme (contextual analysis) reveals the primary semantic constructs of the concept of COOPERATION that enact consolidation strategies (cognitive-propositional analysis): the subjects of cooperation and their attributive characteristics (ideological stance, localization), as well as the attributive features of joint action (spheres of cooperation). The study uncovers both commonalities and differences in interpreting consolidation strategies as articulated in key documents that reflect the specifics of institutional discourse, where political actors may be either a single state (Russia), an international organization (SCO), or an intergovernmental association (BRICS). It is emphasized that the foundation of contemporary understanding of unity in international political discourse is not ideological proximity, as was the case during the Cold War, but rather the potential for mutually beneficial cooperation. Various models of consolidation are identified (multilevel and scalable, vector-based regionally-oriented, alternative globally-oriented), as reflected in different documents.