Distinctive features of russian presidents’ inaugural speeches
Robert Szymula
Uniwersytet w BiałymstokuAbstract
The political discourse is a complex linguistic phenomenon which attracts attention of many scientists from different fields, which shows its interdisciplinary character. The inaugural speech of president elect is one of the most important genres of political discourse. The tradition of this genre was formed many years ago in the United States of America. It is a relatively new for Russia, but a very important genre of Russian political discourse. Thanks to intention of the speech (unification of nation), its emotional saturation, conformity of its content and citizens’ expectations the inaugural speech is an effective instrument of political activity. The material for the research was Russian Presidents’ speeches (president Putin: 2000, 2004, 2012, President Medvedev: 2008). This work is devoted to the analysis of their features: a composition, a subject–matter, lexical features, functions of the speech and their realization.Keywords:
political discourse, president, RussiaReferences
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