LINGUOPRAGMATIC FEATURES OF ENGLISH POLITICAL SPEECH
Abstract
The linguopragmatic features of English political speech are analyzed. Political communication is an important component of modern social life, in which language is manifested not only as a means of conveying information, but also as a means of influencing social consciousness and beliefs. The study covers the theoretical foundations of political speech, the concept of linguopragmatics, the theory of speech acts, and communicative strategies used in political discourse (persuasion, manipulation, evaluation, identification). In the practical part, the speeches of US and British political leaders (Barack Obama, Rishi Sunak, etc.) are analyzed, and the linguopragmatic tools used in them — metaphors, modal units, rhetorical questioning, repetition, and emotional lexicon — are studied. As a result, it was found that the main purpose of English political speech is to persuade the audience, inspire, and instill a political idea into the social consciousness.
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