scholarly journals The discrediting strategy in the pre-election political discourse (based on the example of debates between Donald Trump and Joe Biden)

2021 ◽  
Vol 273 ◽  
pp. 12138
Author(s):  
Diana Abdurakhmanova ◽  
Ekaterina Redkozubova
Keyword(s):  
Political Discourse ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Struggle ◽  
Political Debate ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Political Activities

Speech manipulation in the pre-election discourse aims to influence the audience in order to increase the number of the electorate and present their political activities in a more favorable way. This article is devoted to the study of ways to achieve this goal using strategies of self-presentation and discrediting. It is known that the political struggle for power at the stage of debate is carried out mainly through a strategy of discrediting. The task of belittling the opponent's status comes to the fore. Such activity involves a set of certain tactics that help to implement it: from the most common tactics of accusation and ridicule to less frequent tactics of exaggeration and unproven undermining of authority. This analysis demonstrates the variety of tactics used by Donald Trump and Joe Biden in the 2020 political debate as part of a discrediting strategy. The result of the study showed that politicians resort more to tactics of open speech influence, which takes place in offhand speech. In addition, the efficiency of the strategy of discrediting in political discourse was revealed.

scholarly journals Hyperbolisation in the political discourse of D. Trump

2021 ◽  
pp. 20-32
Author(s):  
Tetyana Chebotar
Keyword(s):  
Political Discourse ◽  
The Political ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
Self Presentation

The article analyzes the peculilarities of hyperbolization as a characteristic rhetorical technique in the political discourse of Donald Trump, which was used by the politician with persuasive and manipulative purposes. The features of hyperbolized positive self-presentation in Trump's discourse were described, namely the use of numerous superlatives, positive evaluative constructions, lexical units with superlative semantics, emotionally-colored epithets and intensifiers when describing numerical values.

scholarly journals Left-wing populism in Western countries. The Phenomenon of J.-L. Mélenchon

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 69-84
Author(s):  
D. V. SHMELEV
Keyword(s):  
Political Discourse ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
The Political ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
Political Struggle ◽  
Political Activities ◽  
Labor Legislation ◽  
Social Protests ◽  
Left Front

The article studies the phenomenon of left populism in Western  Europe. On the example of France, the author examines the specifics  and historical origins of left populism, its ideas and  slogans, electoral technologies, factors of presence on the political  scene. The author focuses on the political activities of Jean-Luc  Mélenchon, his election campaign for the presidential and  parliamentary elections in 2017 in France. The article considers the  key stages of Mélenchon’s political career, the features of his political discourse and program, the creation of the Left front, the conditions for the rise and the specifics of left populism in France.  Among the specific features of French left populism, anti-elitism,  antisystem, egalitarianism and the demand for social justice,  pacifism and criticism of the neoliberal version of globalization are  highlighted. The author believes that the rise of left populism in  France has led to significant changes in the balance of political forces during the presidential and parliamentary campaigns of spring  and summer of 2017, putting it to the forefront of political  struggle. In the light of the evolution of the political situation in  France, the article analyzes Mélenchon’s subsequent activities  related to his position around the debate on the reform of labor  legislation, social protests in autumn 2017 and spring 2018, relations with other left-wing parties and movements, structural  changes within the “La France insoumise”. The article emphasizes the undeniable leadership of the Mélenchon movement  among the far left organizations; it is noted that the preservation of the horizontal structures of “La France insoumise” (social networks,  Autonomous initiatives, activism), media strategy, the specifics of  political discourse and appeal to different layers of the electorate,  participation in social protests allow us to talk about the French left  populism and Mélenchon as the main political rival of President Macron.

scholarly journals Polarization and Ideological Weaving in Twitter Discourse of Politicians

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 205630511989122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farzana Masroor ◽  
Qintarah N. Khan ◽  
Iman Aib ◽  
Zulfiqar Ali
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Cognitive Model ◽  
The Political ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Political Ideologies ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Discourse Strategies ◽  
Use Of Social Media

The form and functions of political discourse have considerably taken a new orientation with the evolving ways of communication. Twitter is a platform that is increasingly preferred by the political elites for the purpose of gaining public acclaim and propagating political ideologies. The political discourse on Twitter requires a critical attention toward linguistic structures and strategies to uncover the relationship between language and social practices. For this purpose, tweets of two eminent Pakistani political figures are chosen for unmasking a variety of discourse strategies at work from the perspective of critical discourse analysis (CDA) through the socio-cognitive model of ideological square. The analysis uncovers the hidden ideological structures and strategies realized through a number of rhetorical moves in the selected tweets. The cognitive binary of positive self-presentation and negative other-presentation help achieving political domination and legitimization of political actions by controlling the public opinion. The underlying motives vary and are context bound such as the aims to topple a government or to restore public faith in the governance. This research is significant for political discourse analysts as well as the general public, as a means for analytical activism propagated by any CDA inquiry, and paves way for further research in the use of social media platforms for political purposes.

Exploring the “Liberal Paradox” from the Inside: Evidence from the Swedish Migration Courts

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 1162-1185
Author(s):  
Livia Johannesson
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Immigration Policy ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
The Political ◽  
Immigration Policies ◽  
Political Debate ◽  
Liberal Democracies ◽  
Liberal Paradox ◽  
Do So

Courts are influential actors during the implementation of immigration policies in liberal democracies. The “liberal paradox” thesis stipulates that courts are driven by logics that hamper restrictionist immigration policies. This study contributes to this theory by exploring the norm construction of impartiality among judicial workers in Swedish migration courts when deciding asylum appeals. Its findings contradict the liberal paradox assumption that courts act according to inner logics that benefit immigrants’ rights. At Sweden’s migration courts, judicial workers show impartiality by using a skeptical approach to asylum applicants and do so to distance themselves from the political discourse of generosity that has dominated Swedish political debate for decades. The broader implications of these findings are that immigration policy theories can benefit from qualitative research exploring informal norm constructions in courts, as such work can offer new insights about the role of courts in the implementation of immigration policies.

scholarly journals DIRECTIONS AND TRENDS OF STUDYING POLITICAL DISCOURSE IN MODERN CONDITIONS OF DIGITALIZATION (LINGUISTIC AND PRAGMATIC ASPECTS)

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (11(79)) ◽  
pp. 72-75
Author(s):  
Olena Ilienko ◽  
Liudmyla Shumeiko
Keyword(s):  
Political Communication ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Communication ◽  
Political Activities ◽  
Rapid Spread ◽  
New Material ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Pragmatic Aspects

The rapid spread of Internet communication nowadays has changed the conditions under which political communication takes place, although its purpose remains the same – influence for the sake of power. The article analyzes and summarizes the directions and trends in the study of political discourse, which is the context of political utterance, utterance itself and its perception. It is noted that the Internet has proved to be a new effective way of informing, persuading, arguing and manipulating the mass consciousness, accelerating the process of providing information and changing its format, including for manipulative purposes. It is revealed that the Internet has formed new genres and forms of political communication, providing an opportunity to get feedback from the political message and creating the appearance of direct communication between politicians and the public. The study of political discourse by researchers today is multi-vector: in a purely linguistic direction (the language of political statements); in linguistic and pragmatic direction (how the functions of political discourse are realized); anthropocentric (political personality); sociolinguistic (society’s reaction to the political activities of the subjects) and others. As the field of politics is constantly changing, responding to global, socio-political, economic circumstances, its analysis, including by linguists, provides and will always provide new material for further research.

scholarly journals Flexibilisierung und Persuasion

2019 ◽  
Vol 97 (4) ◽  
pp. 133-151
Author(s):  
Goranka Rocco
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
The Political ◽  
Market Reforms ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Persuasive Strategies ◽  
Labour Market Reforms ◽  
Job Advertisements

The article illustrates and compares some of the persuasive strategies of the political and entre­preneurial discourse on labour market flexibilization in different contexts: within the political discourse on labour market reforms and on socio-democratic/leftist basic values, and within the entrepreneurial communication and self-presentation (job advertisements, annual relations, per­sonnel manager guides).

Interim results of Donald Trump’s foreign policy

2020 ◽  
pp. 72-81
Author(s):  
N. Klyukin
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Political ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
Political Activities ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Approval Ratings ◽  
Leading Position

The article is devoted to the analysis of the political activities of Donald Trump as the president of the United States of America. The key political issues of the United States interaction with countries such as the China, North Korea, Russia, India and Syria. Each of the issues discussed contributes to the creation of a full-fledged image of Trump as a politician who is a tough, unprincipled leader who takes constant risks in order to achieve certain goals. Despite the number of Trump’s opponents and ill-wishers, his decisions mostly bring dividends and open up new opportunities for his country. Many experts argue that it will be difficult for Trump to maintain a leading position in the upcoming presidential election since the current president currently has rather weak approval ratings.

Edward II as Political Exemplum

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kit Heyam
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Early Modern ◽  
Spectrum Analysis ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Debate ◽  
Edward Ii ◽  
Political Spectrum

This chapter discusses the continuing political relevance of Edward II’s narrative during the late sixteenth and seventeenth century in England and France. As the first English King to have been deposed, and a paradigmatic example of the dangers of overmighty favourites, Edward was a compelling precedent for writers across the political spectrum. Analysis of the ways in which writers deployed his example provides a valuable case study for investigating how historical examples functioned in early modern political discourse, and reveals the hermeneutic agency of political writers in the process of ‘using’ history, when examples such as Edward’s deposition could be interpreted as supporting either side of a political debate.

scholarly journals Communicative Strategies in Political Speech of Donald Trump

2020 ◽  
pp. 131-141
Author(s):  
Maryna Darchuk
Keyword(s):  
Political Discourse ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
The Political ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
Political Speech ◽  
Public Speech ◽  
Communicative Strategies ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Communicative Act ◽  
Communicative Strategy

The article deals with the linguistic and communicative peculiarities of the political discourse of Donald Trump, a presidential candidate in the USA. The focus is on the communicative strategies and tactics, used by the politician in his speech during the election campaign. The attention is paid to language means through which a particular communicative strategy or tactic is realized. Each communicative strategy is seen as a combination of language actions aimed at solving the general communicative task of a speaker. The achievement of such a task is possible only by using certain communication tactics. The strategy intends a combination of speech actions whereas a tactic describes peculiar speech actions that aim to influence listeners at a certain stage of communication. Tactics are dynamic, their change happens promptly throughout the communication process, which provides the flexibility of the chosen strategy. The usage of communicative strategies and tactics depends on the type of discourse. Political discourse is defined as a communicative act in which participants give specific meanings to facts and influence and persuade the listeners. Political speech is a public speech that is addressed to the audience in order to demonstrate the leadership of the speaker and influence the listeners. Communicative strategies used in political speech aim at the realization of the final aim of communication. They are focused on the future and are connected with the forecasting of the situation, that is why their sources should be searched in motives that determine human activity. Donald Trump's goal is to persuade the listeners to vote for him, that is why he delivers his speech using various communicative strategies that increase his chances of winning.

scholarly journals Color Designations in German Political Discourse

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 53-63
Author(s):  
Dmitriy V. Shapochkin
Keyword(s):  
Political Discourse ◽  
Interdisciplinary Studies ◽  
Function Evaluation ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Struggle ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Political Discourses ◽  
Political Forces ◽  
Angela Merkel ◽  
The One

Political discourse is currently the subject of various interdisciplinary studies involving a lot of scientific approaches to its description. This article highlights an enormous potential of the use of color in the political discourse. On the one hand, the color involves the emotional sphere, while, on the other, it can lead to instant associations with a certain phenomenon of reality. Politicians actively use the color not only as a distinguishing sign that allows them to identify parties, movements, ethnic groups, etc. with the establishment or the denial of mutual contacts, but also as an independent symbol, which has tremendous possibilities for regulating and organizing of social political processes. Functioning as a symbol of political forces, color greatly simplifies the perception of the political situation. However, the differentiation of political forces is not its only function. Evaluation is of the great importance, i. e. the consolidation of the assessment for a specific phenomenon, which is achieved by many repetitions in the same context. Because of the brightness of color associations, the color designation of political parties is a powerful tool in the political struggle. At the same time, the use of color symbols in the political discourse reveals national-specific features in the struggle for power. Thus, there is a need to study the functioning of color designations in the national political discourses. In this article, the author pays special attention to the study of the color in the German political discourse of the leading political figures of Germany, such as Angela Merkel (CDU), Katya Kipping (Die Linke) and Christian Lindner (FDP).

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