Aggression in the Public Speeches of Foreign Politicians (Based on the Public Speeches of Elizabeth Truss)
УДК 81-119, ББК 67.539
Abstract
The article examines the phenomenon of verbal aggression from the point of view of its manifestation in the sphere of political discourse. The article offers interpretations of the concepts of "aggression" and "verbal aggression" provided by both foreign and domestic researchers in terms of psychology and linguistics. The article also examines the influence of extralinguistic factors on the manifestation of aggression in political communication, such as numerous international conflicts and the failures of Elizabeth Truss’s political activities, as well as the ways of influencing the audience through the use of certain linguistic means. The relevance of the phenomenon of verbal aggression in the sphere of political communication is proved by examples from public speeches by foreign politicians. The analysis of linguistic means expressing aggression in the sphere of political discourse is carried out: theoretical aspects of the classification of linguistic means at various linguistic levels provided by I. V. Arnold and I. R. Galperin are accompanied by examples from the extracts of public speeches by former Foreign Minister and ex-Prime Minister of the UK Elizabeth Truss. The speaker purposefully uses various linguistic means containing an aggressive connotation and aimed at escalating the aggression. The goal is to influence the audience in the most beneficial manner for the speaker. Thus, the research contains the analysis of various linguistic means, presented in public speeches of foreign politicians and containing an aggressive connotation, at different linguistic levels – phonetic, lexical, and grammatical.
Downloads
Metrics
References
Арнольд И. В. Стилистика. Современный английский язык. 8-е изд. – М., 2006.
Бэрон Р., Ричардсон Д. Агрессия. – СПб., 2001.
Гальперин И. Р. Стилистика английского языка. – М., 1981.
Седов К. Ф. Речевая агрессия в межличностном взаимодействии / Прямая и непрямая коммуникация. – 2003. – С. 196-212.
Шейгал Е. И. Вербальная агрессия в политическом дискурсе / Вопросы стилистики. – 1999. – №28. – С. 221.
Шейгал Е. И. Семиотика политического дискурса. – М., 2004.
Щербинина Ю. В. Русский язык. Речевая агрессия и пути ее преодоления. – М., 2004.
Buss A. H. Aggression pays / The control of aggression and violence. – 1971. – Pp. 112-130.
Copyright (c) 2024 Широких Ирина, Анна Федина
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
The authors, which are published in this journal, agree to the following conditions:
1. Authors retain the copyright to the work and transfer to the journal the right of the first publication along with the work, at the same time licensing it under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which allows others to distribute this work with the obligatory indication of the authorship of this work and a link to the original publication in this journal .
2. The authors retain the right to enter into separate, additional contractual agreements for the non-exclusive distribution of the version of the work published by this journal (for example, to place it in the university depository or to publish it in a book), with reference to the original publication in this journal.
3. Authors are allowed to post their work on the Internet (for example, in a university repository or on their personal website) before and during the review process of this journal, as this may lead to a productive discussion, as well as more links to this published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
