Semantic analysis of litotes in the english language literary text

The semantic analysis of litotes in the descriptions of natural disasters in the English-language media text is given. The language material made it possible to reveal that the most productive conceptual sphere in litotes models is “scale” Litotes is a form of understatement, more specifically meiosis, and is always deliberate with the intention of emphasis. However, the interpretation of negation may depend on context, including cultural context. Understatement of a certain feature of the described object in the media text indicates the activity of the process of reflection of the surrounding world, the desire to penetrate into its most significant properties.