Open AccessStudy of the Nature of Philip VI of Spain Political Discourse Based on Official Statements
Author(s) -
Ksenia Klimova
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
prepodavatelʹ xxi vek
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2073-9613
DOI - 10.31862/2073-9613-2020-2-404-412
Subject(s) - politics , subject (documents) , power (physics) , perception , state (computer science) , linguistics , sociology , political science , epistemology , aesthetics , law , philosophy , computer science , physics , algorithm , quantum mechanics , library science
Political discourse has lately become subject to linguistic analysis. Politics and global affairs intertwine with human everyday life so seamlessly that the necessity to identify, understand, and explain their manipulative influence becomes more and more avid. The article makes a conscious effort to analyze Spanish monarch’s statements in terms of forms, figures of speech and stylistic devices as well as how intentional understatement is used to manipulate the audience’s perception of the current state of affairs. Thus, a clear manifestation of power succession principle in the monarch’s political discourse can be observed as well as conscious efforts in indirect manipulative influence on peoples’ thoughts and actions.