Mediation is a growing activity in the resolution of conflicts, and more and more research emerge in different spheres including linguistics. The aim of the mediation discourse is to manage the process of cooperation aimed at resolving the conflict dispute thanks to the intervention of a ‘‘third neutral’’- the mediator. 

This article is a first step towards modeling a mediative discourse based on discursive and lingo-pragmatical approaches. All these issues have been little studied in a discursive context of mediation. The proposed model of the mediation discourse consists of two diametrically opposed fragments focused on the type of interaction: interaction with a conflict pragmatic potential (destructive fragment), interaction with a constructive pragmatic potential (constructive fragment). Moreover, each part of the discourse has a specific set of strategies and tactics that serve as an instrument for cognitive, verbal and emotional transformation of disputants in mediation process. The article also highlights the typology and particularities of the discourse participants.

Future research involves enriching this model with fine-grained components of the discourse, by identifying smaller discursive segments.