Open AccessVerbal means of strategy expression "aggression" in modern political debates American politicians
Author(s) -
Victoria Linnikova
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
naukovij vìsnik černìvecʹkogo unìversitetu. germansʹka fìlologìâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2518-7090
DOI - 10.31861/gph2020.822.142-154
Subject(s) - verbal aggression , aggression , psychology , verb , nonverbal communication , politics , presidential system , context (archaeology) , linguistics , noun , expression (computer science) , social psychology , poison control , communication , political science , computer science , history , law , suicide prevention , medicine , philosophy , environmental health , archaeology , programming language
The article considers verbal means of aggression expression in political debates between the USA presidential election candidates – D. Trump and H. Clinton. The research is based on the scripts of three presidential debates in 2016. The topicality of the research is stipulated by the necessity of further elaboration on the notion of verbal aggression as a linguistic phenomenon in the context of political discourse. In accordance with K. F. Sedov classication 5 types of speech aggression have been singled out and regarded in terms of verbal means used to express them. Quantitative analysis has demonstrated that verbal direct initiative aggression type reinforced by verbal means prevail in both candidates' speech. D. Trump also resorts to other types: verbal direct mediated, verbal direct emotional, verbal direct active and verbal direct passive aggression. Another essential dierence between the two candidates' aggression verbalization is that H. Clinton employs 3 types of verbal means to enhance aggression: pronoun, noun and verb, while her opponent makes use of pronoun, noun, verb and adjective. However, the examples expressing aggression by verbal means in presidential debates are quite immense (180 in D. Trump's speech and 11 in H. Clinton's speech), which suggests that verbal means are often used to convey aggression in political discourse.