THE BINARY OPPOSITIONS AS THE WAY OF REFLECTION OF TRADITIONAL WAY OF THINKING IN POLITICAL DISCOURSE OF CHINA IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE

The article is devoted to the research of the binary oppositions in Chinese political discourse in English language. The category of opposition reflects Chinese thinking and mentality which indicates that the oppositions are culturally based in Chinese language. This article analyses the semantics of oppositions on the lexical level which reflects Chinese rhetoric in politics that is conveyed in the light of Chinese values and Chinese culture, what are rooted in historical and national memory of people. The article considers the language representation of binary oppositions which show the Chinese world views. It is concluded that bipolar world is formed by the binary oppositions which are reflected in Chinese discourse. The semantics of oppositions is verbalized by the language means on the lexical level