Metaphor of the banking crisis 2023 as a component of economic discourse

INTRODUCTION. A cognitive-discourse analysis of the 2023 banking crisis (BC) metaphor is presented. The need to comprehend current events through a multi-level analysis of economic discourse and its components, the task of modeling a cognitive metaphor in economic media texts that carry information about business in order to identify the dominant metaphorical models characteristic of economic discourse, the feasibility of determining general trends in the development of economic discourse through comparative analysis of the metaphor of BC and EC (economic crisis) determines the relevance of the topic.MATERIALS AND METHODS. The study of sources of English-language business economic information (March-December 2023) was conducted on the basis of the following methods: continuous sampling, descriptive and comparative, cognitive modeling method.RESULTS AND DISCUSSION. The most frequent metaphorical models were identified: “BC is a person”, “BC is a disease”, “BC is a natural disaster”, “BC is a road” and a new model “BC is the process of cooking”. Established metaphors are characterized by processuality, and the complexity of concepts acting as source spheres ensures the semantic irradiation of the main concept due to the transformation of the meanings and assessments collectively reflected in it and leads to the consolidation of metaphors in economic discourse. Dominant metaphorical models also dominate the representation of EC 2008–2012. Comparing the metaphors of two economic crises allows us to identify some general trends in the development of economic discourse.CONCLUSIONS. The combination of different metaphorical models enhances their impact on the addressee. Metaphorical meaning generation is an ongoing process that creates a cognitive frame for the perception of economic discourse. Prospects for further research consist in considering the interaction of metaphorical models with each other and with other means of influence – precedent phenomena, emotive and euphemistic vocabulary, phraseology.