Open AccessLinguistic status of paremias in the Russian and American political discourse
Author(s) -
Гузова Александра Викторовна,
Савицкая Наталья Васильевна,
Дедова Ольга Витальевна,
Иволина Татьяна Викторовна
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
filologiâ: naučnye issledovaniâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2454-0749
DOI - 10.7256/2454-0749.2020.2.32383
Subject(s) - politics , linguistics , rhetoric , categorization , sociology , discourse analysis , political science , subject (documents) , social science , law , philosophy , computer science , library science
The subject of this research is the peculiarities of utilization of paremiological linguistic means in the Russian and American political discourse. The goal consists in establishing linguistic status of paremiological means in the Russian and American political discourse. Based on the speeches of Russian and American politicians, the author demonstrates the use of paremias in political discourse and underlines their influential role. The article explores the peculiarities of utilization of different paremias in the political discourse, provides statistical data regarding the frequency of mainstreaming of different types of paremias in the Russian and American political discourse. Research methodology leans on regulations pertaining to categorization of the political world in the genres of political aphorism, as well as the methods of systematization and generalization, continuous sampling, discursive analysis, content analysis and statistical method. The results may be valuable of the courses of rhetoric and stylistics of the Russian and English languages. The scientific novelty consists in the fact that this research is first to demonstrate the linguistic statuses of paremias in the Russian and American political discourse from the perspective of their convincing and manipulative function.