Bulgarian Political Speech in Balkan and Slavic Context Cover Image

Българската политическа реч в балкански и славянски контекст
Bulgarian Political Speech in Balkan and Slavic Context

Author(s): Vladislav Milanov
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Communication studies, Pragmatics, Comparative Linguistics, Eastern Slavic Languages, South Slavic Languages, Theory of Communication
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: political speech; speech aggression; cliches

Summary/Abstract: The article studies in comparative plan the displays of speech aggression in Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Greek, Serbian and Croatian language. Analyzed are identical example that clearly show the tendencies to verbal aggression and the use of language cliches as well. Presented are lexical and topical groups that unite most typical means of expression for nomination of offence, intolerance to different human features and acts/manifestations? The idea of this initial study is to form a context for comparative research of the main linguistic characteristics of the political speech. Not only to outline the similar elements but also to unfold the scales of the dissimilarities. Both these factors are directly related to the social and economic status of the countries, to the built up or not political culture, to the attitude towards language literacy and the speech etiquette in official communication.

  • Issue Year: 40/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 265-278
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English, Bulgarian