THE PRINCIPLE OF LINGUISTIC POLITENESS IN THE TELEVISED POLITICAL DISCOURSE DURING THE PANDEMIC
THE PRINCIPLE OF LINGUISTIC POLITENESS IN THE TELEVISED POLITICAL DISCOURSE DURING THE PANDEMIC
Author(s): Robert Claudiu BălăiasaSubject(s): Media studies, Lexis, Semantics, Psycholinguistics, Sociolinguistics, Descriptive linguistics, Theory of Communication, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: positive politeness; negative politeness; coronavirus pandemic; thanking presentation; Romanian president;
Summary/Abstract: This paper refers to the classification of the types of politeness in one of the most watched categories of speeches, the political one. The reference area of this type of speech focuses on the televised political one, of the president of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, during the coronavirus pandemic. The speech analysis, of the first man in the Romanian political society, is seen from the perspective of the system developed by P. Brown and C. Levinson, the emphasis being on the difference between the concepts of positive politeness and negative politeness. The main topics of politeness analysis dividing in the Persuasive Force of the Imperative, Thanking Presentation, Avoiding disagreement, Using the optative-conditional mode or Indirect speech act formulation.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 32
- Page Range: 1017-1024
- Page Count: 8
- Language: Romanian