Прагмасемантические особенности лексико-фразеологической стратификации речи американского политического деятеля (на материале выступлений политиков в рамках американской предвыборной кампании 2015-2016 гг.)дипломная работа (Бакалавр)
Аннотация:The material of the research is the transcripts of the election debates involving Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.
The object of the research is a lexical phraseological stratification of the presidential candidates' language. The subject of the paper is a pragmasematic analysis of the lexis and phraseology used by the politicians.
The aim of the paper was to analyze the lexical-phraseological stratification in the language of the US presidential candidates and to compare their linguistic behavior in terms of pragmasemantics. In order to achieve this aim, we had to solve a few important tasks:
to single out lexical- phraseological strata which are typical of political discourse; to compare the tendencies towards conceptual accuracy and sense ambiguity in the candidates' language;to examine how the pragmatic goals and communicative strategies are reflected in the candidates' vocabulary;and finally, to have a look at the candidates' figurative language , so that we could analyze the pragmasemantic potential of the candidates' wording in full.
The methods used in the research include content analysis, continuous sampling, categorization of abstract and concrete notions, lexicographic and pragmasemantic.
There is a certain difference in how the candidates’ speeches are stratified lexically and phraseologically. While the Democratic candidates opt for elevated lexis and metaphors, the Republican ones prefer using simple lexis to deliver a clearer message and avoid ambiguity.