Elemente de limbaj politic în discursul publicistic eminescian
Elements of political language in Eminescu’s journalistic discourse

Summary/Abstract: Eminescu’s journalism is extremely varied, therefore it provides a rich research material with many possibilities of interpretation. An important part of his journalism is the political journalism which includes appropriate language that reflects on the one hand, the political situation of Romanian Countries in that period, on the other hand, Eminescu’s attitude on this situation. An analysis of Eminescu’s journalism from this perspective shows that he uses an appropriate language for the situation considered. One sees, first, the use of specialized terms in the politics at the time, terms that reflect the encounter between archaic (the name of old state functions for example) and neologisms (new functions appear and new institutions). Another feature of language that Eminescu appeals in his political articles is the fact that he uses terms which fit to the political terminology only in the context of the article where they appear. It is very important that the political language used by Eminescu adapts to the issues handled - internal policy or foreign policy - and it is closely associated with argumentative and persuasive strategies that the journalist appeals. Thus, for the articles of foreign policy, he uses a political language extremely rigorous, while for the internal policy items, the political language is often subject for the publicist’s irony and for the grotesque situations that he presents and he denounces. Also, many terms that Eminescu uses in his political articles are marked stylistic, functioning as stylistic marks - implicit or explicit - that outlines the stylistic profile of the journalist.

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